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Inside the Cuban Revolution : Fidel Castro and the urban underground / Julia E. Sweig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sweig, Julia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016--Relations with revolutionaries.
- Castro, Fidel.
- Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio.
- Revolutionaries--Cuba--Attitudes.
- Revolutionaries.
- Guerrillas--Cuba--Attitudes.
- Guerrillas.
- Cuba--History--1933-1959.
- Cuba.
- Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Underground movements.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 254 p., [12] p. : ill.3thics
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674267695
- 0674267699
- 9780674044197
- 0674044193
- OCLC:
- 923111269
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