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Fleeing Castro: Operation Pedro Pan And The Cuban Children'S Program,New
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A Stirring Account Of The Covert Effort To Smuggle Cuban Children Into The United States In The Aftermath Of Fidel Castro'S Rise To Power, Fleeing Castro Brings To Light The Humanitarian Program Designed To Care For The Children Once They Arrived And The Hardship And Suffering Endured By The Families Who Took Part In Operation Pedro Pan. From Late 1960 Until The October 1962 Missile Crisis, 14,048 Unaccompanied Cuban Children Left Their Homeland, The Small Island Suddenly At The Center Of The Cold War Struggle. Their Parents, Unable To Obtain Visas To Leave Cuba, Believed A Short Separation Would Be Preferable To Subjecting Their Offspring To Castro'S Totalitarian Marxist State. For The Children, The Exodus Began A Prolonged And Tragic Ordealsome Didnt See Their Parents Again For Years; A Few Never Did. Until Now, This Chapter Of The Cuban Revolution Has Been Relatively Obscure. Initially The Result Of An Effort By James Baker, Headmaster Of An American School In Cuba Who Worked Closely With The Anticastro Underground, Pedro Pan Quickly Came To Involve The Catholic Church In Miami And, In Particular, Father Bryan Walsh, Who Established The Cuban Children'S Program, The Nationwide Organization That Cared For Those Children Without Relatives Or Friends In The United Statesalmost Half Of Them. The Latter Program, In Effect Until 1981, Was The First To Allot Federal Money To Private Agencies For Child Care, An Action With Farreaching Repercussions For U.S. Social Policy. Victor Andres Triay Traces This Story From Its Political And Social Origins In Cuba, Setting It In The Context Of The Cold War And Describing The Roles Of The Organizations Involved In Cuba And In The United States. Making Use Of Extensive Interviews With Baker, Walsh, And Influential Underground Figures, As Well As Personal Letters That Document The Fears And Dreams Of Both The Parents And The Children, Triay Presents This History Of Pedro Panthe Largest Child Refugee Movement Ever In The Western Hemispherewith The Drama Of An International Thriller And The Pathos Of A Heartbreaking Family Drama.
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