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Their actions showed the world the kind of men and women only a deep-going socialist revolution can produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003eAn inherently interesting read, especially in this current era of a Covid-19 pandemic and the Trump administrations dismal record with respect to it, \"Red Zone: Cuba and the Battle Against Ebola in West Africa\" is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library collections.\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Midwest\u003c\/nobr\u003e Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003eRed Zone provides a distinctively Cuban perspective on the West African Ebola epidemic, informed by Cuba’s special relationship to the African continent and specialization in international medical missions\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—African Studies Quarterly\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Red Zone
Format: Paper
272 Pages
Edition: First
Year: 2019
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9781604881141
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