Winds of December
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The Winds of December: The Cuban Revolution of 1958
Then we focus on the events of December , as Castro's forces sweep across the island and sweep away the corrupt Batista. Most interesting by far are the pro-Batista maneuverings of U. Ambassador Earl Smith and the State Department's futile effort to find a ""third force"" as an alternative to Castro. But none of this is new or surprising--even those with no knowledge of Cuba will recognize the symptoms from Graham Greene's The Quiet American. In conclusion, the authors ponder whether or not Fidel was a communist before he came to power, which only suggests that they haven't learned any more from all this detail than we do.
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By clicking on "Submit" you agree that you have read and agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Even at this late date, just days before Castro arrived in Havana, various anti-Batista Cuban groups, both in Cuba and the United States, discounted Castro as a political leader.
He might bring about the revolution, but he was not expected to be in charge of the political scene after the victory was won. At the beginning Castro said he did not want to be President of Cuba, but in the end he ruthlessly eliminated all threats to absolute political control.
In mid-January, some seventy Bastista officials were placed in front of a bulldozed trench near Santiago de Cuba and executed by machine gun. It was the same everywhere.
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The most sensational cases were reserved for the Havana Sports Palace, where crowds jeered and shouted. The fate of each of the people featured prominently in the book is related. In the Appendix that follows the Epilogue, the process of how and why Castro became a Communist is discussed, along with the role, or non-role, played by the US State Department.
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Notes On Sources introduces a comprehensive Selected Bibliography, which itself introduces a page listing of sources used in writing each of the 55 chapters. A well-constructed Index closes out the book. This is an excellent book. The book does not take sides, it just tells it like it was.
An amazing, comprehensive, and accurate look behind the scenes of an ultimately brutal, and simultaneously idealistic, revolution that currently seems to be ending with a general sigh of relief. Mail will not be published required. All comments are moderated: The Winds of December, Cuba: Copyright , Bill Ingalls SpeedReaders.
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