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Jan 01, 2009 this is a precise and very well organized introduction to cuba, especially to the history of cuban domestic and foreign policy and u. Granted unprecedented access to the classified records of castros 26th of july movements. During this period, sweig writes, castros rebels were just finding their bearings and ranked as. Sweig ever since fidel castro assumed power in cuba in 1959, americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the florida keys. Sweig is the nelson and david rockefeller senior fellow for latin america studies and director for latin america studies at the council on foreign relations. A documentary history of the united states foreign policy 19851993.
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Art in the age of mass incarceration along with selected art from the book. Inside the cuban revolution shifts the emphasis to the urban opposition between 1957 and mid1958. Her book is a must read for understanding our tortured history with. Inside the cuban revolution, which sheds new light on the last time there was a transition of power in cuba, may very well give us clues to the next one. Inside the cuban revolution meet your next favorite book. Previously she was the nelson and david rockefeller senior fellow for latin america studies and director for latin america studies at the council on foreign relations. Councils julia sweig wins 2003 herbert feis award for. Inside the cuban revolution confirms what many had long suspected. Whether you are a cuban history buff or want to give a friend with little knowledge of cuba the primer of all primers, this is the book to get.
Fidel castro and the urban underground by julia e sweig online at alibris. Focusing equally on cubas role in world affairs and its own social and political transformations, sweig divides the book chronologically into the prefidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the soviet union, the postcold war era, and finally. Sweig debunks the mythology surrounding the birth of the cuban revolution. I had not had a broad knowledge and deep understanding of cuban revolution before i read this book. Article pdf available in the florida historical quarterly 82winter 2004. An awardwinning book from harvard university press yields new revelations about the politicomilitary struggle that nearly half a century ago rid cuba. Julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of fidel castro and che guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the cuban urban underground, the llano. In 2004, julia sweig published inside the cuban revolution, a prizewinning account of the internal politics of castros 26 th of july movement between late 1956 and batistas ouster on new years eve, 1958. Jun 27, 2002 julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of fidel castro and che guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the cuban urban underground, the llano.
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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading inside the cuban revolution. Sweig serves on the international advisory board of the brazilian center for international relations cebri. Jun 30, 2009 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. May 16, 2003 inside the cuban revolution by julia e. Cuba, what everyone needs to know 3rd edition julia e.
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