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245 10 a| Fidel Castro :b| a biography /c| Volker Skierka ; translated by Patrick Camiller.;

260 a| Cambridge, UK ;a| Malden, MA :b| Polity Press,c| 2004.;

300 a| xxiv, 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-425) and index.;

505 0 a| The heroic myth -- The young Fidel -- Among Jesuits -- Among gangsters -- The young revolutionary -- Moncada : storm and stress -- "Che", the Argentinean -- Stormy crossing on the "Granma" -- A guerrillero in the Sierra Maestra -- Against 10,000 -- The young victor -- Communists and "barbudos" -- 1,500 revolutionary laws -- Old enemies, new friends -- The great powers at the gates -- The CIA, the Mafia, and the Bay of Pigs -- Fidelismo -- "Mongoose" and "Anadyr"-- Three gamblers -- The long march with Che -- Moscow, Beijing, and Havana -- The new man -- The demise of Che -- Bad times, good times -- War and peace with Moscow -- Ten million tons -- Into the Third World -- The revolution devours its children -- Alone against all -- Exodus to Florida -- Rectificacin and Perestroika -- The Soviet imperium collapses -- The brother's power.;

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Fidel Castro : a biography / Volker Skierka ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

Author/creator	Skierka, Volker, 1952-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2004.
Description	xxiv, 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subjects	Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 Heads of state--Cuba. --Biography. Cuba--History. --1933-1959. Cuba--History. --1959-1990.

Uniform title	Fidel Castro. English
Contents	The heroic myth -- The young Fidel -- Among Jesuits -- Among gangsters -- The young revolutionary -- Moncada : storm and stress -- "Che", the Argentinean -- Stormy crossing on the "Granma" -- A guerrillero in the Sierra Maestra -- Against 10,000 -- The young victor -- Communists and "barbudos" -- 1,500 revolutionary laws -- Old enemies, new friends -- The great powers at the gates -- The CIA, the Mafia, and the Bay of Pigs -- Fidelismo -- "Mongoose" and "Anadyr"-- Three gamblers -- The long march with Che -- Moscow, Beijing, and Havana -- The new man -- The demise of Che -- Bad times, good times -- War and peace with Moscow -- Ten million tons -- Into the Third World -- The revolution devours its children -- Alone against all -- Exodus to Florida -- Rectificacin and Perestroika -- The Soviet imperium collapses -- The brother's power.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-425) and index.
LCCN	2003013215
ISBN	0745630065 (hb : alk. paper)

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