The Last Soldiers of the Cold War

Resumen del libro

Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out hundreds of military attacks on Cuba, bombing hotels, dusting Cuban crops with insects, and opening fire with machine guns on Cuban beaches. They flew old American war planes into the Caribbean island's airspace and interfered with Havana Airport's air traffic control. Havana made dozens of official complaints to Washington, but successive American administrations have lent tacit support to the anti-Castro groups.

The Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network a group of a dozen men and two women sent to infiltrate the Florida organizations. The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of these unlikely spies, who left home with no explanation to their families, and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans have languished in US prisons for years.