The Cuban Revolution
Author : Nelson P. Valdés
Publisher : Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Cuba
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Author : Nelson P. Valdés
Publisher : Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Cuba
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Author : Nelson P. Valdes
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Page : 230 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
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Author : Nelson P. Valdés
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Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : Nelson P. Valdes
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Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,89 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : Stephen Cushion
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1583675833
Millions of words have been written about the Cuban Revolution, which, to both its supporters and detractors, is almost universally understood as being won by a small band of guerillas. In this unique and stimulating book, Stephen Cushion turns the conventional wisdom on its head, and argues that the Cuban working class played a much more decisive role in the Revolution’s outcome than previously understood. Although the working class was well-organized in the 1950s, it is believed to have been too influenced by corrupt trade union leaders, the Partido Socialist Popular, and a tradition of making primarily economic demands to have offered much support to the guerillas. Cushion contends that the opposite is true, and that significant portions of the Cuban working class launched an underground movement in tandem with the guerillas operating in the mountains. Developed during five research trips to Cuba under the auspices of the Institute of Cuban History in Havana, this book analyzes a wealth of leaflets, pamphlets, clandestine newspapers, and other agitational material from the 1950s that has never before been systematically examined, along with many interviews with participants themselves. Cushion uncovers widespread militant activity, from illegal strikes to sabotage to armed conflict with the state, all of which culminated in two revolutionary workers’ congresses and the largest general strike in Cuban history. He argues that these efforts helped clinch the victory of the revolution, and thus presents a fresh and provocative take on the place of the working class in Cuban history.
Author : Julia Sweig
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674044193
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 details the debates between Castro's mountain-based guerrilla movement and the urban revolutionaries in Havana, Santiago, and other cities.
Author : Samuel Farber
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2007-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0807877093
Analyzing the crucial period of the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to 1961, Samuel Farber challenges dominant scholarly and popular views of the revolution's sources, shape, and historical trajectory. Unlike many observers, who treat Cuba's revolutionary leaders as having merely reacted to U.S. policies or domestic socioeconomic conditions, Farber shows that revolutionary leaders, while acting under serious constraints, were nevertheless autonomous agents pursuing their own independent ideological visions, although not necessarily according to a master plan. Exploring how historical conflicts between U.S. and Cuban interests colored the reactions of both nations' leaders after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, Farber argues that the structure of Cuba's economy and politics in the first half of the twentieth century made the island ripe for radical social and economic change, and the ascendant Soviet Union was on hand to provide early assistance. Taking advantage of recently declassified U.S. and Soviet documents as well as biographical and narrative literature from Cuba, Farber focuses on three key years to explain how the Cuban rebellion rapidly evolved from a multiclass, antidictatorial movement into a full-fledged social revolution.
Author : Luis Martínez-Fernández
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0813048761
This is the first book in more than three decades to offer a complete and chronological history of revolutionary Cuba, including the years of rebellion that led to the revolution. Beginning with Batista’s coup in 1952, which catalyzed the rebels, and bringing the reader to the present-day transformations initiated by Raúl Castro, Luis Martínez-Fernández provides a balanced interpretive synthesis of the major topics of contemporary Cuban history. Expertly weaving the myriad historic, social, and political forces that shaped the island nation during this period, Martínez-Fernández examines the circumstances that allowed the revolution to consolidate in the early 1960s, the Soviet influence throughout the latter part of the Cold War, and the struggle to survive the catastrophic Special Period of the 1990s after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. He tackles the island’s chronic dependence on sugar production, which started with the plantations centuries ago and continues to shape culture and society. He analyzes the revolutionary pendulum that continues to swing between idealism and pragmatism, focusing on its effects on the everyday lives of the Cuban people, and—bucking established trends in Cuban scholarship—Martínez-Fernández systematically integrates the Cuban diaspora into the larger discourse of the revolution. Concise, well written, and accessible, this book is an indispensable survey of the history and themes of the socialist revolution that forever changed Cuba and the world.
Author : Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : History
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A guide to the Cuban revolution that analyzes Fidel Castro's efforts to overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista, discusses the Cuban revolt, its causes, and consequences, and examines Castro's efforts to pursue an independent foreign policy.
Author : Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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A guide to the Cuban revolution that analyzes Fidel Castro's efforts to overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista, discusses the Cuban revolt, its causes, and consequences, and examines Castro's efforts to pursue an independent foreign policy.