The Guerrilla Legacy Of The Cuban Revolution

Author : Anna Clayfield
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 1683401085
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guerrilla Legacy of the Cuban Revolution written by Anna Clayfield and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensively researched book, Anna Clayfield challenges contemporary Western views on the militarization of Cuba. She argues that, while the pervasiveness of armed forces in revolutionary Cuba is hard to refute, it is the guerrilla legacy, ethos, and image—“guerrillerismo”—that has helped the Cuban revolutionary project survive. The veneration of the guerrilla fighter has been crucial to the political culture’s underdog mentality. Analyzing official discourse, including newspapers, history textbooks, army training manuals, the writings of Che Guevara, and the speeches of Fidel Castro, Clayfield examines how the Cuban government has promoted guerrilla motifs. After 1959, the revolutionary leadership relied on this discourse to shape a new political culture. During the implementation of Soviet-style management in the late 1960s and 1970s, Cuba underwent profound structural changes, but the beliefs and values that underpinned the Revolution—and that were linked to the guerrilla ethos—were still upheld. Clayfield traces the shifting ideologies that circulated in Cuba during the 1980s to show how this rhetorical strategy helped prevent the proliferation of a siege mentality. The guerrilla code became a recourse Cuban leadership used to steel the population through the 1990s Special Period following the collapse of the Soviet Union. And while the outside world perceived the changes that took place during Raúl Castro’s tenure to be signs the Revolution’s socialist model was fading, Clayfield proves guerrillerismo remained an important anchor for the new regime. By weaving the guerrilla ethos into the fabric of Cuban identity, the government has garnered legitimacy for the political authority of former guerrilleros, even decades after the end of armed conflicts. The Guerrilla Legacy of the Cuban Revolution chronicles how guerrilla rhetoric has allowed the Revolution to adapt and transform over time while appearing to remain true to its founding principles. It also raises the question of just how long this discourse can sustain the Revolution when its leaders are no longer veterans of the sierra, those guerrillas who participated in the armed struggle that brought them to power so many years ago.

Author : Julia Sweig
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044193
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Cuban Revolution written by Julia Sweig and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the leadership of the Llano. Granted unprecedented access to the classified records of Castro's 26th of July Movement's underground operatives--the only scholar inside or outside of Cuba allowed access to the complete collection in the Cuban Council of State's Office of Historic Affairs--she details the debates between Castro's mountain-based guerrilla movement and the urban revolutionaries in Havana, Santiago, and other cities.

Author : K. S. Karol
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guerrillas in Power written by K. S. Karol and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 1971 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tiffany A. Sippial
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469654083
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celia Sánchez Manduley written by Tiffany A. Sippial and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celia Sanchez Manduley (1920–1980) is famous for her role in the Cuban revolution. Clad in her military fatigues, this "first female guerrilla of the Sierra Maestra" is seen in many photographs alongside Fidel Castro. Sanchez joined the movement in her early thirties, initially as an arms runner and later as a combatant. She was one of Castro's closest confidants, perhaps lover, and went on to serve as a high-ranking government official and international ambassador. Since her death, Sanchez has been revered as a national icon, cultivated and guarded by the Cuban government. With almost unprecedented access to Sanchez's papers, including a personal diary, and firsthand interviews with family members, Tiffany A. Sippial presents the first critical study of a notoriously private and self-abnegating woman who yet exists as an enduring symbol of revolutionary ideals. Sippial reveals the scope and depth of Sanchez's power and influence within the Cuban revolution, as well as her struggles with violence, her political development, and the sacrifices required by her status as a leader and "New Woman." Using the tools of feminist biography, cultural history, and the politics of memory, Sippial reveals how Sanchez strategically crafted her own legacy within a history still dominated by bearded men in fatigues.

Author : Dirk Kruijt
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783608056
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America written by Dirk Kruijt and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cuban revolution served as a rallying cry to people across Latin America and the Caribbean. The revolutionary regime has provided vital support to the rest of the region, offering everything from medical and development assistance to training and advice on guerrilla warfare. Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America is the first oral history of Cuba’s liberation struggle. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, Dirk Kruijt looks at the role of both veterans and the post-Revolution fidelista generation in shaping Cuba and the Americas. Featuring the testimonies of over sixty Cuban officials and former combatants, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America offers unique insight into a nation which, in spite of its small size and notional pariah status, remains one of the most influential countries in the Americas.

Author : Ernesto Che Guevara
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guerrilla Warfare written by Ernesto Che Guevara and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guerrilla Warfare is an epoch-making book by Che Guevara aimed to inspire thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries worldwide. Guevara believed that in the world of totalitarian regimes, where political opposition and legal civil struggle are impossible to conduct, guerilla warfare is the best method to resist the government. Yet, commonly guerilla movements lack organization, clear political vision, motivation, and supply. This book was aimed to help guerilla leaders solve these issues and strengthen the opposition with strong motivation and strict organization. Content: Part I: General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare Essence of Guerrilla Warfare Guerrilla Strategy Guerrilla Tactics Warfare on Favorable Ground Warfare on Unfavorable Ground Suburban Warfare Part II: the Guerrilla Band The Guerrilla Fighter: Social Reformer The Guerrilla Fighter as Combatant Organization of a Guerrilla Band The Combat Beginning, Development, and End of a Guerrilla War Part III: Organization of the Guerrilla Front Supply Civil Organization The Role of the Woman Medical Problems Sabotage War Industry Propaganda Intelligence Training and Indoctrination The Organizational Structure of the Army of a Revolutionary Movement Organization in Secret of the First Guerrilla Band Defense of Power That Has Been Won

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Pathfinder Press (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War, 1956-58 written by Che Guevara and published by Pathfinder Press (NY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first hand account of the military campaigns and political events that culminated in the January 1959 popular insurrection that overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship in Cuba. With clarity and humor, Guevara describes his own political education. He explains how the struggle transformed the men and women of the Rebel Army and July 26 Movement led by Fidel Castro. And how these combatants forged a political leadership capable of guiding millions of workers and peasants to open the socialist revolution in the Americas. Guevara's Episodes appears here complete for the first time in English.

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Ocean Press
ISBN 13 : 1920888330
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War written by Che Guevara and published by Ocean Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guevara's classic account of the 1956-58 guerilla movement against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba, authorised by the Guevara estate and with corrections by Che himself. Includes, among lively daily history of the war itself, feature chapters on Che's first meeting with Fidel in Mexico; the mythical moment when a young Ernesto had to choose between a knapsack of medicine and another of ammunition; and the heartrending story of the murdered puppy.

Author : Renata Keller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107079586
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexico's Cold War written by Renata Keller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Mexico's unique foreign relations with the US and Cuba during the Cold War.

Author : Steve Cushion
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583675817
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution written by Steve Cushion and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized labor in the 1950s -- A crisis of productivity -- The employers' offensive -- Workers take stock -- Responses to state terror -- Two strikes -- Last days of Batista -- The first year of the new Cuba -- Conclusion: what was the role of organized labor in the Cuban insurrection?