About the book: 1966 / "From the publisher At the beginning of 1959, the torch of Freedom flared over Cuba, a Latin American country that had been oppressed by the monopolies of the United States for decades America. Another bastion of American imperialism has collapsed. But the uncrowned kings of the United States and their minions - the Cuban bourgeoisie and landowners - do not want to come to terms with the fact that their dominance in Cuba has come to an end. From the first days of the liberation struggle of the Cuban people, they waged a real, albeit undeclared, war against them, which did not stop for a single day. This book tells about the secret war of US imperialism against revolutionary Cuba, about conspiracies, sabotage and acts of aggression organized by the Central Intelligence Agency United States and the Pentagon. The reader will see how the courageous Cuban people selflessly defend their gains. The book ends with a story about the defeat of the interventionists on Playa Giron in the spring of 1961, since after that a new stage in the struggle of the United States and its mercenaries against the Cuban revolution began, a stage to which a special work could be devoted. The authors, international journalists V.V. Listov and V.G. Zhukov, used documentary material published in the Cuban and American press. The book is intended for the widest range of readers.” On November 25, 2016, Fidel Castro Ruz, the founder of the first socialist state in the Western Hemisphere, who became a symbol of the struggle for freedom, social equality and progress, died. The USSR and other countries of the socialist community that do not exist today provided Cuba with enormous assistance in defending the gains of the revolution. But Fidel’s main conquest remains - socialist Cuba, which has existed for more than 20 years after the destruction of the USSR and other socialist countries in Europe. The experience of the Cuban people, who managed to defend the gains of the revolution despite all attempts at counter-revolutionary coups and the destruction of the leaders of the revolution, deserves careful study. When creating an electronic file a ready-made text file in .doc format was used. The lack of possibility of verification with the printed original led to possible errors in determining the location of footnotes and writing names due to the poor quality of the source text file. The page numbering has been retained. The page number is given at the end of the page. The book uses styles, so for reading it is better to use CR3 - V_E.