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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. I worked with sweig at the council on foreign relations between 2006 and 2009. Julia is one of the smartest people i know when it comes to cuba. Julia sweig adds to the understanding that the official story of the castro brothers and a handful of guerrillas singlehandedly brought down the dictatorship of fulgencio batista, who overthrew halfcentury of cuban democracy with his coup in 52. Inside the cuban revolution harvard university press. 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. 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. In the first note referring to the source either at the bottom of the page or on a separate page entitled notes 19. Council fellow julia sweig debunks the mythology surrounding. Fidel castro and the urban underground kindle edition by sweig, julia.
Inside the cuban revolution council on foreign relations. Julia sweig has written a mustread book for cubanists. May 16, 2003 inside the cuban revolution fidel castro and the urban underground inside the cuban revolution by julia e. Julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling. Julia sweig, whose scholarship and policy innovation on cuba helped lay the groundwork for president obamas current policy initiative, is the awardwinning author of several books, including cuba. 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. What everyone needs to know, julia sweig, one of americas leading experts on cuba and latin america, presents a concise and remarkably accessible portrait of the small island nations unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years. Jun 27, 2002 julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of fidel castro and che guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the cuban urban underground, the llano. Sweig looks at the key roles that men and women from cubas urban areas played as a link between castros rebel forces and the rest of cuba. 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. During this period, sweig writes, castros rebels were just finding their bearings and. Inside the cuban revolution by julia sweig books on. Sweig is the nelson and david rockefeller senior fellow for latin america studies and director for latin america studies at the council on foreign relations.
This book by julia sweig is an important addition to the cuban historiography of the 1950s. Sweig attempts to debunk one of the many pillars of the mythology surrounding the revolution, namely that fidel castro, his brother raul. What everyone needs to know, and inside the cuban revolution. During this period, sweig writes, castros rebels were just finding their bearings and ranked as only one of several opposition forces. Julia sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the cuban revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary r. This book is vital for anyone interested in understanding the cuban revolution, and it destroys the arguments of those british trotskyists who deny its working class character.
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Whether you are a cuban history buff or want to give a friend with little knowledge of cuba the primer of all primers, this is the book to get. Sweig writes with a north american reader in mind, including the reader whose knowledge of cuba is made up mostly of myths and misinformation. Using original documentary sources from cuban government archives, sweig shows how the largely middleclass. Written as part of the oxford university press what everyone needs to know series, this book is organised as a set of questions and answers and divided into four broad periods.
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