Introduction

In 1959, the first year of the Cuban Revolution, the revolutionary government will start to enact some revolutionary policies. This will start a chain of events that send US-Cuba relations spiraling until Cuba is down one superpower trading partner and up one blockade. We'll see in this episode how the revolution's initial, moderate government gives way to a bolder socialist revolution. The beginning of a terror campaign directed against Cuba, launched from the United States,. A mysterious explosion in Havana's harbor. In the face of all of this, we will see the budding friendship between Cuba and the Soviet Union which will only drive America further toward a manic obsession in the Caribbean.