Fidel Castro
Alex Moore
2017218 pages
FIDEL CASTRO August 13, 1926 – November 26, 2016. “A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.” --Fidel Castro From revolutionary and symbol of strength to Cold War adversary, Fidel Castro was one of the world’s most controversial leaders, and perhaps its most enduring. As Cuba’s towering and charismatic president for nearly fifty years, Castro’s influential leadership captivated allies and enemies alike. By virtue of passionate oration and committed sense of purpose—good or bad—Castro kept the Cuban people devoted and the world enthralled. From his earliest years as a student rebel to his role in Cuba's social reform to The Cuban Missile Crisis, his life is covered in extensive detail within this book. The transfer of power to Raul Castro is explored as well as the changes to Cuban/American diplomatic relations, including Obama’s view of America’s relationship with Cuba. Castro’s death is covered as well as the world’s the reaction to it, including the views of American and Cuban people and the differing reactions of Obama and Trump. A comprehensive look into each stage of Castro’s life and leadership More than a dozen color photos spanning the Cuban leader’s life Comes complete with Castro’s most resonating speeches Fidel Castro: In His Own Words is not only a reflection of Castro’s life, triumphs, and misdeeds, but it is a look at the people and places affected by his politics before, during, and after the age of Cuban embargo. Regardless of readers’ political preference, there is no doubt that this captivating leader’s influence on the Cuban people, The United States, and the world will continue to echo through time.
CoverHalf Title of Fidel CastroTitle PageCopyrightTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: Castro the Bold Young BoyChapter Two: Learning to RebelChapter Three: The Student RebelChapter Four: Castro and ChibasChapter Five: Castro vs. BatistaChapter Six: Planning Moncada Barracks AttackChapter Seven: Absolved by HistoryChapter Eight: ImprisonedChapter Nine: Personal UpheavalChapter Ten: Training an Army in MexicoChapter Eleven: Castro and CheChapter Twelve: The Granma LandingChapter Thirteen: The TakedownChapter Fourteen: Batista FallsChapter Fifteen: Changing the GovernmentChapter Sixteen: Military TribunalsChapter Seventeen: Religion, Race, & RevolutionChapter Eighteen: Castro’s Social ReformChapter Nineteen: Castro and Women’s ReformChapter Twenty: Castro Meets WorldChapter Twenty-One: Castro and KhrushchevChapter Twenty-Two: Trouble in Playa Girón (the Bay of Pigs)Chapter Twenty-Three: Cuban Missile CrisisChapter Twenty-Four: Castro and KennedyChapter Twenty-Five: Reaching Out to Latin America and BeyondChapter Twenty-Six: Castro and the Fall of the USSRChapter Twenty-Seven: Emigration IssuesChapter Twenty-Eight: Castro in AfricaChapter Twenty-Nine: Cuban EconomicsChapter Thirty: Castro and Nelson MandelaChapter Thirty-One: Castro and ChávezChapter Thirty-Two: Mending FencesChapter Thirty-Three: Health and ConsequencesChapter Thirty-Four: Stepping DownChapter Thirty-Five: Castro’s RetirementChapter Thirty-Six: The Castros and ObamaChapter Thirty-Seven: The Final FarewellChapter Thirty-Eight: Cuba and the U.S.: A Shaky FutureExcerpts from Castro’s SpeechesHistory Will Absolve MeTo The U.N. General Assembly: The Problem of Cuba and Its Revolutionary PolicyMay Day Celebration: Cuba Is A Socialist NationBibliography