Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

Fidel Castro : my life / edited by Ignacio Ramonet ; translated by Andrew Hurley. - London : Penguin, 2007. - v, 723 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm

"English translation originally published in Great Britain in 2007 by Allen Lane"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Revolutionaries Map of Cuba. - A Hundred Hours with Fidel. 1 The Childhood of a Leader. 2. The Forging of a Rebel. 3. Entering Politics. 4. The Assault on the Moncada Barracks. 5. The Backdrop of the Revolution. 6. 'History Will Absolve Me'. 7. Che Guevara. 8. In the Sierra Maestra. 9. Lessons from a Guerrilla War. 10. Revolution: First Steps, First Problems. 11. The Conspiracies Begin. 12. The Bay of Pigs/Playa Giron. 13. The 'Cuban Missile Crisis' of October 1962. 14. The Death of Che Guevara. 15. Cuba and Africa. 16. The Emigration Crises. 17. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. 18. The Ochoa Case and the Death Penalty. 19. Cuba and Neoliberal Globalization. 20. President Jimmy Carter's Visit. 21. The Arrests of Dissidents in March 2003. 22. The Hijackings in April 2003. 23. Cuba and Spain. 24. Fidel and France. 25. Latin America. 26. Cuba Today. 27. Summing up a Life and a Revolution. 28. After Fidel, What? - A Note on the Text and the Translation. - Some Key Dates in the Life of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution (1926-2007). - Notes. - Index.

9780141026268 (pbk.)


Castro, Fidel, 1926-


Revolutionaries--Cuba--Biography
Heads of state--Cuba--Biography
Heads of state--Cuba--Interviews

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