Class of: 1979

Jose Valdés

Jose Valdés (CAS’79) of Estero, Fla., published Besieged Beachhead: The Cold War Battle for Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (Globe Pequot, 2024). “The work—decades in the making—draws from English and Spanish sources in the US and Cuba to render the story of the conflict as never before, unraveling events that have been shrouded in secrecy, myth, and propaganda for six decades,” Jose writes. Email him at jjvaldes@bu.edu.

From the Winter-Spring 2025 issue.