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Apr 04, 2004 julia sweig begins this important book by challenging the conventional wisdom, first elaborated in the influential writings of participant ernesto che guevara, that a handful of bearded rebels with a rural peasant base single handedly took on and defeated a standing army p. If visiting cuba to see more than vintage american cars is appealing, you can rely on expert julia sweigs new, most timely book, cuba. Inside the cuban revolution council on foreign relations. Sweig is the nelson and david rockefeller senior fellow for latin america studies and director for latin america studies at the council on foreign rela. Julia sweig sweig, julia lbj school of public affairs. Focusing equally on cubas role in world affairs and its own social and political transformations, sweig divides the book chronologically into the prefidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the soviet union, the postcold war era, and finally the postfidel era. Inside the cuban revolution harvard university press.
Sweig, a history book divided chronologically into the prefidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the soviet union, the postcold war era, and finally the looming postfidel. Fidel castro and the urban underground kindle edition by sweig, julia. 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 leaders. With inside the cuban revolution julia sweig guarantees the world will never look at cuba or fidel castro the same way again. Chicago citing sources research guides at university of. Article pdf available in the florida historical quarterly 82winter 2004. An awardwinning book from harvard university press yields new revelations about the politicomilitary struggle that nearly half a. Lisa shields, director of communications, 2124349888. With meticulous research, presented in a dramatic narrative, julia sweig provides the real story behind the cuban revolution and castros rise to power, showing that his ascendancy was due to far more than the popular conception of a small band of guerrilla fighters toppling a corrupt regime. Julia sweig begins this important book by challenging the conventional wisdom, first elaborated in the influential writings of participant ernesto che guevara, that a handful of bearded rebels with a rural peasant base single handedly took on and defeated a standing army p.
If you are looking for a book on the cuban revolution that goes beyond the myths of fidel castro, this is a good place to start. Previously she was the nelson and david rockefeller senior fellow for latin america studies and director for latin america studies at the council on foreign relations. In a thoughtfully argued and carefully researched book, sweigprovides what will almost certainly be the standard account of the cuban. May 21, 2002 inside the cuban revolutioncouncil fellow julia sweig debunks the mythology surrounding the birth of the cuban revolution more from our experts. Fidel castro and the urban underground 9780674016125 by sweig, julia e.
In her book, council senior fellow julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the roles of fidel castro and che guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the cuban urban underground, the llano. Using original documentary sources from cuban government archives, sweig shows how the largely middleclass. Inside the cuban revolution by julia sweig books on. In her new book, julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution. In it, she revisits the events between november 1956 and january 1st, 1959, reconsidering the role of the urban underground or llano leadership of the m267. Sweig attempts to debunk one of the many pillars of the mythology surrounding the revolution, namely that fidel castro, his brother raul. Jan 01, 2009 this is a precise and very well organized introduction to cuba, especially to the history of cuban domestic and foreign policy and u. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading inside the cuban revolution.