Inside the Cuban Revolution : : Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground / / Julia E. Sweig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sweig, Julia E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)

Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of Castro and Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Llano. Granted unprecedented access to the classified records of Castro's 26th of July Movement's underground operatives--the only scholar inside or outside of Cuba allowed access to the complete collection in the Cuban Council of State's Office of Historic Affairs--she details the debates between Castro's mountain-based guerrilla movement and the urban revolutionaries in Havana, Santiago, and other cities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION History,Mythology, and Revolution -- 1 “Tactics in Politics and Tactics in Revolution Are Not the Same” -- 2 The Sierra Manifesto -- 3 “We Had to Act a Bit Dictatorially” -- 4 Defining Opposition Unity on the Ground -- 5 Fear and Loathing in Miami -- 6 Taming the Politiqueros in Exile -- 7 With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? -- 8 Total War? -- 9 The Golden Age of the Llano -- 10 The Arms Race -- 11 Politics and Popular Insurrection -- 12 “Bordering on Chaos” -- 13 Picking Up the Pieces -- 14 Unity: “Like aMagicWord” -- 15 The Pact of Caracas -- 16 Hasta La Victoria! -- EPILOGUE Transitions Then and Now -- About the Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index