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Author Sweig, Julia.

Title Inside the Cuban Revolution : Fidel Castro and the urban underground / Julia E. Sweig.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  972.91 S974I    Check Shelf
Description xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-248) and index.
Contents Introduction: history, mythology, and revolution -- "Tactics in politics and tactics in revolution are not the same" -- The Sierra Manifesto -- "We had to act a bit dictatorially" -- Defining opposition unity on the ground -- Fear and loathing in Miami -- Taming the politiqueros in exile -- With friends like these, who needs enemies? -- Total war? -- The Golden Age of the Llano -- The arms race -- Politics and popular insurrection -- "Bordering on chaos" -- Picking up the pieces -- Unity: "Like a magic word" -- The Pact of Caracas -- Hasta La Victoria! -- Epilogue: transitions then and now.
Subject Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959.
Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Underground movements.
Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio.
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 -- Relations with revolutionaries.
Revolutionaries -- Cuba -- Attitudes.
Guerrillas -- Cuba -- Attitudes.
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
Added Title Cuban Revolution
ISBN 0674008480
0674016122 paperback
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