Jay Mallin, Sr.
[REF: Ancient Mariners Press, press release information. Edited here for brevity]
Jay Mallin, Sr. is a journalist/scholar who has been reporting on and
writing about Cuban affairs for 50 years. He covered the
revolution led by Fidel Castro in the late Fifties and later reported
from Nicaragua, Grenada and Angola, where Castro was involved in
conflicts. Mallin was also a research scientist at the University
of Miami, editing three books there. After that he became Latin
American correspondent for The Washington Times, followed by the
position of News Director in the 1980s as News Director at Radio Marti,
which broadcast to Cuba from Washington. Mallin has authored 12
books, most on military topics.
[REF: Caribbean Crisis 1965. Doubleday]
In 1956 he became a full-time stringer for Time and covered the entire
Cuban revolution (1956-58)...he made 18 trips into the battle
area...was the first to report Russian troops and Missiles in
Cuba...completely bilingual and raised in Cuba (although born in New
York City of American parents), Mallin studied journalism at Florida
Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, receiving an A.B. in
1949...later taking a position on the English-language daily, The
Havana Herald. After two years he left the Herald to free-lance
articles...as well as become assistant stringer for Time
magazine. He also became correspondent for the following services
and publications: New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Miami News, Wall
Street Journal, Variety, Religious News Service, Business
International, and Editor & Publisher.
[REF: Merc - American Soldiers of Fortune 1979. Macmillan]
Jay Mallin, longtime correspondent for Time magazine, was also a
research scientist at the Center for Advanced Studies at the University
of Miami. He is a recognized authority on terrorism and
unconventional warfare, and author of numerous books.
[See comment about Jay Mallin by Tom Dunkin ]
Articles on this site by Jay Mallin, Sr.
Havana Night Life ca 1956-57 unpublished work
Havana's Sans Souci Night Club 1957
World's Rawest Burlesque Show
Books by Jay Mallin, Sr.
Fortress Cuba 1965. Henry Regnery Co, Chicago. Paperback
Caribbean Crisis 1965. Doubleday. Paperback
Terror in Viet Nam
"Che" Guevara on Revolution 1969. Univ Miami Press. Hardcover.
"Che" Guevara on Revolution 1969. Delta, Dell. Soft-cover
Strategy for Conquest
Terror and Urban Guerillas
Spy for Fidel (ghost-written) by Orlando Castro Hidalgo [a real person] 1971. E.A. Seemann Pub, Miami. Hardcover
Merc - American Soldiers of Fortune co-authored with
Robert K. Brown 1979. Macmillan. Hardcover
Covering Castro: Rise and Decline of Cuba's Communist Dictator. 1994 New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers; Washington, DC: U.S.-Cuba Institute Press.
Adventures in Journalism
- A Memoir 1998. This is mostly of the author's experiences in Cuba as
a youth and later as a journalist. He paints Havana, other journalists,
Hemingway, war and censorship, Castro and Guevara and protests, flight
and Miami and counter- insurgency, Radio Marti, return visits in 1995
and 1996, and reports from other countries. It is listed at $15
by Ancient Mariners Press of Reston, Va. Ancient Mariners Press,
1314 Garden Wall Circle, Suite F, Reston, VA 20194-2031. Tel.: (703)
318-0885. Soft-cover
History of the Cuban Armed Forces
2000. Published by Ancient Mariners Press of Reston, Va. Ancient
Mariners Press, 1314 Garden Wall Circle, Suite F, Reston, VA
20194-2031. Tel.: (703) 318-0885. Soft-cover
Betrayal in April
by Jay Mallin Sr. and Robert H. Smith. 2000. Deals with the ill-fated
landing at the Bay of Pigs by Cuban exiles in April 1961. Mallin was in
Cuba as a correspondent for Time when the Bay of Pigs invasion
occurred. Smith is a former captain in the U.S. Navy Ancient
Mariners Press 1314 Garden Wall Circle -- Suite F, Reston, VA
20194-2031. Tel.: (703) 318-0885. Soft-cover
Bob Smith and Jay Mallin were at Books & Books in Coral Gables on February 19, 2001.
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