The guerilla legacy of the Cuban Revolution / Anna Clayfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayfield, Anna, 1983- author.

Series:

Florida scholarship online.

Florida scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guerrillas--Cuba--History.

Guerrillas.

Communism--Cuba.

Communism.

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.

Cuba.

Cuba--History--1959-1990.

Cuba--History--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2020.

Summary:

'The Guerrilla Legacy of the Cuban Revolution' examines the way in which the guerrilla origins of the Cuban Revolution have shaped the beliefs and values that have underpinned it since 1959. It argues that these beliefs and values comprise a political culture in which the figure of the guerrillero (guerrilla fighter) is revered and the past struggles are presented in the revolutionary historical narrative as both unfinished and guerrilla in their nature. Drawing on extensive analysis of official discourse across six decades, the text outlines a consistent, conscious promotion of a guerrilla ethos throughout the Revolution's trajectory.

Contents:

Introduction: Looking beyond militarism

Perpetuating a fighting spirit: guerrilla warfare and the guerrillero in Cuba

Consolidating the revolution, 1959-1968

The vanguard will be the guerrilla movement, 1968-1979

Guerrillerismo in the shadows, 1980-1989

Surviving the special period: learning lessons from the past, 1989-2003

The revolution under Raúl: the old guard in a new century, 2006-2018

Conclusion: Guerrillerismo, a symbolic arsenal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2019).

Previously issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

1-68340-130-1

1-68340-108-5