The Yankee comandante : the untold story of courage, passion, and one American's fight to liberate Cuba / / Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss

• Autore: Sallah Michael
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015; [Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.91064
• Soggetto topico: Revolutionaries - Cuba - History - 20th century; Revolutionaries - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Cuba History Revolution, 1959 Participation, American
• Persona (resp. second.): WeissMitch
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cast of Characters; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes on Sources; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom fighters in the mountains of Cuba. He led one band of guerrillas, and Che Guevara another, and together they swept through the country, ultimately forcing corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista from power. In just a year of fighting, the American revolutionary had altered the landscape of the Cold War. But Morgan believed they were fighting to liberate Cuba. Then Fidel Castro canceled elections, seized properties, and imprisoned Morgan's fellow freedom fighters. Even Morgan's own ho
• Titolo autorizzato: The Yankee comandante
• ISBN: 1-4930-5020-6; 1-4930-1646-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811981203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II