| Haciendo Historia: Entrevistas Con Cuatro Generales de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba de Pathfinder Edition Contributor(s): Carreras, Enrique (Author), Villegas, Harry (Author), Fernandez, Jose Ramon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873489047 ISBN-13: 9780873489041 Publisher: Pathfinder OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 972.91 |
| Series: La Revolución Cubana en la Política Mundial |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.3" W x 8.24" (0.69 lbs) 231 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: April 2001 marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S.-organized invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. In this book, Cuban generals Nestor Lopez Cuba, Enrique Carreras, Jose Ramon Fernandez, and Harry Villages -- among them, three of the commanders of the Cuban militia and armed forces who defeated the invaders within seventy-two hours -- tell of that battle and other campaigns they have taken part in over four decades. These include the 1956-58 revolutionary war that toppled Cuba's U.S. -backed Batista dictatorship, as well as internationalist missions in the Middle East, Vietnam and Nicaragua, and in Southern Africa. Two of the generals describe the victorious 1975-88 struggle against South African aggression that secured the independence of both Angola and Namibia and rang the death knell for the apartheid system itself a few years later. These four interviews show the character of the men and women of Cuba who have made history by carrying out a socialist revolution on Washington's doorstep, successfully defending and advancing it for more than forty years. |