The Origins of the Cuban Revolution ReconsideredUniv of North Carolina Press, 2006 - 212 pages Analyzing the crucial period of the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to 1961, Samuel Farber challenges dominant scholarly and popular views of the revolution's sources, shape, and historical trajectory. Unlike many observers, who treat Cuba's revolutionary lead |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Prerevolutionary Economy Progress or Stagnation? | 7 |
Fidel Castro and the Cuban Populist Tradition | 34 |
US Policy and the Cuban Revolution | 69 |
The Driving Force of the Cuban Revolution From Above or From Below? | 112 |
The Role of the Soviet Union and the Cuban Communists | 137 |
EPILOGUE | 167 |
NOTES | 173 |
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