
Fidel CastroIgnacio Ramonet
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
A Hundred Hours with Fidel
1 The Childhood of a Leader
2 The Forging of a Rebel
3 Entering Politics
4 The Assault on the Moncada Barracks
5 The Backdrop of the Revolution
6 ‘History Will Absolve Me’
7 Che Guevara
8 In the Sierra Maestra
9 Lessons from a Guerrilla War
10 Revolution First Steps First Problems
11 The Conspiracies Begin
12 The Bay of Pigs Playa Giron
13 The ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ of October 1962
14 The Death of Che Guevara
15 Cuba and Africa
16 The Emigration Crises
17 The Collapse of the Soviet Union
18 The Ochoa Case and the Death Penalty
19 Cuba and Neoliberal Globalization
20 President Jimmy Carter’s Visit
21 The Arrests of Dissidents in March 2003
22 The Hijackings in April 2003
23 Cuba and Spain
24 Fidel and France
25 Latin America
26 Cuba Today
27 Summing Up a Life and a Revolution
28 After Fidel What
A Note on the Text and the Translation
Some Key Dates in the Life of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution 1926 2007
Notes
Index