Fidel Castro reader / edited by David Deutschmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.

Contributor:

Deutschmann, David.

Standardized Title:

Speeches. Selections. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.

Castro, Fidel.

Cuba--History--1959-.

Cuba.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 525 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, Vic. ; London : Ocean, 2007.

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

At last, a comprehensive anthology of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures, the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro has been an articulate and incisive-if controversial-political thinker and leader who has outlasted 10 hostile US presidents. With the wave of change now sweeping Latin America, this book sheds light on the continent's future as well as its past. As the first selection of Fidel Castro's speeches to be published since the 1960s this is an essential resource for both scholars and general readers.

Contents:

Fidel Castro Biographical Note ix

Foreword: Fidel's Virtues by Felipe Perez Roque 29

1 History Will Absolve Me

Santiago de Cuba, October 16, 1953 45

2 On the Triumph of the Revolution

Cespedes Park, Santiago de Cuba, January 2, 1959 107

Camp Columbia, Havana, January 8, 1959 133

3 At the United Nations General Assembly

New York, September 26, 1960 137

4 The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Proclamation of the Socialist Character of the Revolution

Colon Cemetery, Havana, April 16, 1961 189

May Day, Havana, May 1, 1961 194

5 Words to Intellectuals

Havana, June 30, 1961 213

6 Manifesto for the Liberation of me Americas: "The Second Declaration of Havana"

Havana, February 4, 1962 241

7 The October Missile Crisis

The Five Points of Dignity, October 28, 1962 269

On the Missile Crisis, November 1, 1962 270

8 Formation of the Cuban Communist Party and Che's Farewell Letter

Chaplin Theater, Havana, October 3, 1965 275

9 On the Latin American Revolution

Havana, August 10, 1967 293

10 The Death of Che Guevara

Revolution Plaza, Havana, October 18, 1967 315

11 One Hundred Years of Struggle for Cuban Independence

La Demajagua Monument, Manzanillo, October 10, 1968 327

12 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Allende's Chile

National Stadium, Santiago de Chile, December 2, 1971 359

13 On behalf of the Movement of Nonaligned Countries

UN General Assembly, New York, October 12, 1979 387

14 Rectifying the Errors of the Cuban Revolution

Karl Marx Theater, Havana, April 19, 1986 417

15 Cuban Internationalism and the Collapse of the Socialist Bloc

Havana, December 7, 1989 431

16 Return of Che Guevara's Remains to Cuba

Santa Clara, Cuba, October 17, 1997 443

17 Inauguration of President Chavez in Venezuela: "The Battle of Ideas"

University of Venezuela, Caracas, February 3, 1999 447

18 Response to the US Declaration of the "War against Terrorism"

Havana, September 22, 2001 477

19 Assessing Half a Century of the Cuban Revolution

Revolution Plaza, Havana, May 1, 2003 483

20 In Answer to the Empire: Letters to President George W. Bush

Proclamation by an Adversary of the US Government, May 14, 2004 499

Second Epistle, June 21, 2004 504

Epilogue: Fidel Castro on the Cuban Revolution After Fidel 511.

ISBN:

1920888888

9781920888886

OCLC:

74969412