Dimensions
130 x 199 x 8mm
This book introduces you to the Cuban "commander-in-chief" who since seizing power in 1959 has fashioned a communist society that has inspired national admiration and antagonised his superpower neighbour, the United States.
Investigate how Castro outlasted contemporaries Khrushchev, Kennedy, Mao and Nixon in order to enter the new millennium as "the last Cold Warrior".
Sean Connolly's informative text explores:
- Castro's background and the times he lived in
- Castro's role in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- His friendship and rivalry with fellow revolutionary Che Guevara
- His contribution to revolutionary movements in Latin America and Africa
- How Castro has carried the Marxist torch after the fall of the Soviet Union
The facts . . . the concepts . . . the ideas . . .
