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Sweig Julia |
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Inside the Cuban Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : Fidel Castro and the urban underground / / Julia E. Sweig |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
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0-674-26769-9 |
0-674-04419-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xv, 254 p., [12] p. : ill.3thics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Revolutionaries - Cuba - Attitudes |
Guerrillas - Cuba - Attitudes |
Cuba History 1933-1959 |
Cuba History Revolution, 1959 Underground movements |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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