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

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 26t...

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