Fidel Castro
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Fidel Castro emerges as an ambitious rebel, from his earliest years into his student years & adulthood. In gripping detail, Quirk follows Castro as his 1st, failed attempt to bring down the regime of Fulgencio Batista is followed by the small-scale attacks from the Sierra Maestra mountains that culminate in the dictator's flight from Cuba in 1959 & Castro's sweep into power. The story provides a new account of Castro's relations with the USA & the USSR, including the Bay of Pigs invasion & the 1962 Missile Crisis, & an analysis of the successes & failures of his regime to the present day. In its breadth & drama, Fidel Castrois more than the story of one ambitious man steering his nation on a dangerous course. It is also a parable of a small country caught up in the throes of international rivalries & world revolution.
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