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9780582437470

Castro

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  • ISBN13:

    9780582437470

  • ISBN10:

    0582437474

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Longman
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Summary

In this important introduction to the career of an enigmatic leader, Sebastian Balfour traces Fidel Castro's path to power, from student leader to head of state. Taking account of recent world developments, he analyses the historical conditions that enabled Castro to sieze and maintain power

Author Biography

Sebastian Balfour is a Reader in Contemporary Spanish Studies and Deputy Director of the Canada Blanch Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Table of Contents

Preface to the first edition vi
Preface to the second edition viii
Introduction 1(4)
Pictures of the past, visions of the future
5(16)
The rebel
21(15)
Rise to power
36(28)
Defying the eagle
64(14)
The grand illusion
78(25)
The revolutionary godfather
103(16)
The world statesman
119(27)
Straightening the rudder
146(16)
Socialism or death!
162(13)
Sitting on the seawall
175(8)
Bibliographical essay 183(6)
Maps 189(5)
Index 194

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