Raul E Chao

Ra l Eduardo Chao received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University and, after a brief stint in the industry, he spent 18 years in the academic world as Full Professor and Director of the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the Universities of Puerto Rico and Detroit. In 1986, he founded The Systema Group and as president of that consulting company he has written half a dozen books on science and business administration, numerous articles and a score of books on the History of Cuba. He and his wife, Olga, live in Lakeland, Florida. Upon hearing of the October 10, 1868 uprising, M ximo G mez presented himself at the Cuban camps as a soldier, without mentioning his military knowledge. In just a few weeks he was awarded the rank of Sergeant and at the end of the war of 1895 he was identified as one of the most capable leaders of the Cuban Liberation Army. The Spaniards themselves recognized him as ..". the greatest guerrilla fighter in America." This is a story of the Cuban Wars of Independence, narrated by General M ximo G mez himself in his Campaign Diary.

Ra l Eduardo Chao recibi su doctorado de la Universidad Johns Hopkins y luego de un breve per odo en la industria pas 18 a os como Profesor Titular y Director de Departamento en las Universidades de Puerto Rico y Detroit. En 1986 fund una empresa consultora muy exitosa, The Systema Group, desde la cual asisti a muchas empresas Fortune 100 y organizaciones federales y estatales, tanto en los EE. UU. como en el exterior. l y su esposa Olga viven en Lakeland, Florida. Relatos nost lgicos de una Cuba Libre que ha dejado de existir, y de caminos ya transitados que queremos retomar con estas lecturas, aunque ni podamos ni pensemos volver atr s. El estruendoso centelleo de un poderoso ca n desarrollado por un Coronel de las tropas de Antonio Maceo, la infortunada muerte del atrevido Chacumbele, y el rescate al galope de un valioso prisionero Cubano escoltado por una formidable caballer a Espa ola. Esas son tres de las 32 estampas Cubanas que se presentan en este libro. Las estampas son an cdotas populares que forman parte de la historia informal de un pueblo. Se arraigan y perduran en la tradici n y son conocidas por m s gente de las que recuerdan la historia oficial. Nadie sabe a quien se le ocurri darle a un cicl n de principios del siglo XIX el nefasto nombre de La Tormenta de la Escarcha Salitrosa. Pero m s de 200 a os despu s, los pinare os saben a qu cicl n se le dio ese t tulo, por donde pas y qu estragos hizo. Conocer estas peque as narrativas es parte del esp ritu de un pueblo; vi etas y detalles que complementan la historia que presentan los libros, y que son mucho m s f ciles de recordar. Ra l Eduardo Chao received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University and, after a brief stint in the industry, he spent 18 years in the academic world as a tenured professor and Director of the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the Universities of Puerto Rico and Detroit. In 1986, he founded a consulting company focused on helping companies and government agencies simultaneously improve the productivity as well as quality of their services. As President of Systema, Chao has written a dozen books on management, science and history of Cuba along with publishing numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. He and his wife Olga live in Lakeland, Florida and spend long periods of time in Paris. Accounts, legends, and traditions of Eternal Cuba. Nostalgic stories of a Free Cuba that no longer exists, and of roads already traveled that we want to visit again through these readings, although we know we cannot go back or hope to return. The thunderous roar of a powerful cannon developed by a Colonel in Antonio Maceo's troops, the regrettable death of the intrepid Chacumbele, and the galloping rescue of a prized Cuban prisoner as he was escorted by a daunting Spanish regiment. Those are three of the 32 Cuban tales, accounts and real life stories that are featured in this book. Stories like these are popular tales that are part of the informal chronicle of a nation.

Ra l Eduardo Chao received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University and, after a brief stint in the industry, he spent 18 years in the academic world as a tenured professor and Director of the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the Universities of Puerto Rico and Detroit. In 1986, he founded a consulting company focused on helping companies and government agencies simultaneously improve the productivity as well as quality of their services. As President of Systema, Chao has written a dozen books on management, science and history of Cuba along with publishing numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. He and his wife Olga live in Lakeland, Florida and spend long periods of time in Paris. This has to be more than just a nostalgic book. It presents the sad story of a people who lost their freedom because they neglected their democratic traditions. In 1933, Cuba suffered the attacks of a miserable and bloody Revolution that used violence, abuses and murders as part of its political life. Twenty-five years later, with the Castro Revolution of 1959, Cubans collected their retribution for what they had planted in 1933. The story of that experience could be a great lesson for men and women who are seduced by Marxist strategies and ideas of extreme left. But it will not be because no one learns from the mistakes of others. In 1958, Cuba was under the voracious siege of Communism... and nobody noticed.

Ra l Eduardo Chao received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University and after some time in industry spent 18 years in the academic world, as Full Professor and Director of the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the Universities of Puerto Rico and Detroit. Chao has written half a dozen books and numerous articles on science and business, as well as a score of books on the History of Cuba. He and his wife Olga live in Lakeland, Florida.The American occupation of Cuba from 1898 to 1902 produced serious physical, educational and economic transformations in Cuba. Politically, it sponsored a Constitutional Assembly that gave the Republic of Cuba its first Constitution, where the Platt Amendment, resisted by most Cubans, tried to continue for years the American tutelage. This book unmasks the falsehoods that Marxists and leftists have propagated for many years about this historical period and documents the work of repairing the destruction that the war caused in Cuba, as well as the efforts to prepare Cubans to successfully face life as a republic.