Inside the Cuban Revolution : Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground.
Sweig, Julia E.
Inside the Cuban Revolution : Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of 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 a Magic Word" -- 15. The Pact of Caracas -- 16. Hasta La Victoria! -- Epilogue: Transitions Then and Now -- About the Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9780674044197
Castro, Fidel,-1926-2016.
Revolutionaries.
Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio.
Revolutionaries-Cuba-Attitudes.
Guerrillas-Cuba-Attitudes.
Cuba-History-1933-1959.
Cuba-History-Revolution, 1959-Underground movements.
Electronic books.
F1787
972.9106/3
Inside the Cuban Revolution : Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of 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 a Magic Word" -- 15. The Pact of Caracas -- 16. Hasta La Victoria! -- Epilogue: Transitions Then and Now -- About the Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9780674044197
Castro, Fidel,-1926-2016.
Revolutionaries.
Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio.
Revolutionaries-Cuba-Attitudes.
Guerrillas-Cuba-Attitudes.
Cuba-History-1933-1959.
Cuba-History-Revolution, 1959-Underground movements.
Electronic books.
F1787
972.9106/3