Semper Fidel is the first comprehensive history of Cuban-American relations. The author has written a nonpartisan analysis of the vital factors at play between these long standing adversaries- geographic position, language, culture, size, economy, domestic policy, and others. A colorful story unfolds--of William Walker who intended to conquer Cuba in 1850 but was sidetracked by Nicaragua, of President madison who was prepared to annex or buy Cuba but feared proking a war with Britain, and of course the story of Fidel Castro