Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America: An Oral History

ISBN-13: 9781783608034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Dirk Kruijt

Opis

Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle for liberation from the Batista dictatorship, its transition to socialism, and its evolving relationship with the rest of Latin American and the Caribbean. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, including interviews with more than seventy Cuban officials and former combatants, Dirk Kruijt examines the pivotal role of veterans and the post-revolution fidelista generation in shaping Cuba. He also reveals the untold story of the Departamento America, a clandestine and largely undocumented organization that was instrumental in exercising Cuban influence abroad.

As the relationship between the United States and Cuba continues to thaw, the leftist history of the Cuban revolution is in danger of being lost. However, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America will give voice to many veterans of the revolution and assert the great influence that its rallying cry had--and still has--on people across Latin America.

Spis treści

1. Revolutionaries 2. Historical Context 3. From Insurgents to Socialists 4. Revolutionary Fervour (the 1960s) 5. The Mature Years (early 1970s–late 1980s) 6. The Years of Soft Power (1990s–present) 7. The Legacy Appendix: Biographical Data of Interviewed Persons