Clayfield, AnnaKirk, Emily J.Story, Isabel2018-10-052018-10-052018-08-24Kirk, E. J., Clayfield, A. & Story, I. (2018). Introduction. In E. J. Kirk, A. Clayfield, & I. Story (Eds.), Cuba's Forgotten Decade: How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution, (pp. 1-4). Lanham: Lexington Books.9781498568739http://hdl.handle.net/10034/621458Introduction taken from the edited collection Cuba's Forgotten Decade: How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution; Anna Clayfield is also co-editor of this volume.Cuba's Forgotten Decade provides a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s that challenges prevailing interpretations of the decade as simply a period of "Sovietization" characterized by widespread bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. Drawing from multidisciplinary perspectives and exploring a range of areas - including politics, international relations, culture, education, and healthcare - the contributing authors demonstrate that the 1970s were a time of intense transformation that proved pivotal to the development of the Revolution. Indeed, many of the ideas, approaches, policies, and legislation developed and tested during this decade maintain a very visible legacy in contemporary Cuba. In highlighting the complexity of the 1970s, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of the Cuban Revolution and how the country has faced the challenges of the twenty-first century.enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Cuban StudiesLatin American StudiesHistoryPoliticsCultural StudiesBook chapter