Fidel Castro A Biography

Name: Fidel Castro A Biography
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ISBN: 9780745640815

ISBN-10: 0745640818

ISBN-13: 9780745640815

Edition: 2004

Authors: Volker Skierka, Patrick Camiller

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Fidel Castro is one of the most interesting and controversial personalities of our time - he has become a myth and an icon. He was the first Cuban Caudillo - the man who freed his country from dependence on the USA and who lead his people to rediscover their national identity and pride. Castro has outlived generations of American presidents and Soviet leaders. He has survived countless assassination attempts by the CIA, the Mafia, and Cubans living in exile. He has become one of the greatest politicians of the 20th Century. His biography, and the history of his country exemplify the tensions between East and West, North and South, rich and poor. In this up-to-date reconstruction of Castro's…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 8/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.70" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of plates


A Note of Thanks


Acknowledgements


Preface to the English Edition



The Heroic Myth



The Young Fidel


Among Jesuits


Among gangsters



The Young Revolutionary


Storm and stress: Moncada


""Che"", the Argentinean


Stormy crossing on the Granma


A guerillero in the Sierra Maestra.321 against 10,000



The Young Victor


Communists and ""barbudos"".1,500 revolutionary laws



Old Enemies, New Friends


The great powers at the gates


The CIA, the Mafia and the Bay of Pigs


Fidelismo


""Mongoose"" and ""Anadyr"".Th