Cuba's revolutionary world / (Record no. 354201)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674971981 (cloth)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 303.6409809045
Item number BRO.C
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brown, Jonathan C.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cuba's revolutionary world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jonathan C. Brown.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harvard University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 586 pages ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-560) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Revolution and counterrevolution in Cuba -- How to consolidate a revolution -- The Caribbean war of 1959 -- Cuba and the Sino-Soviet dispute -- The gusano counterrevolution -- The bandido counterrevolution -- Commandos of the Caribbean -- The export of revolution -- The secret war for South America -- Revolutionary diplomacy and democracy -- Venezuela's guerrilla war -- Military counterrevolution in Brazil -- Soldiers and revolution in Peru -- From riots to golpe in Panama -- Origins of Argentina's armed struggle -- The last campaign of Che Guevara.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant supporters. Recalling the failed popular uprisings of past decades, Castro assured them that this time "the real Revolution" had arrived. As Jonathan Brown shows in this capacious history of the Cuban Revolution, Castro's words proved prophetic not only for his countrymen but for Latin America and the wider world. Cuba's Revolutionary World examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the twentieth century's most transformative events. Initially, Castro's revolution augured well for democratic reform movements gaining traction in Latin America. But what had begun promisingly veered off course as Castro took a heavy hand in efforts to centralize Cuba's economy and stamp out private enterprise. Embracing the Soviet Union as an ally, Castro and his lieutenant Che Guevara sought to export the socialist revolution abroad through armed insurrection. Castro's provocations inspired intense opposition. Cuban anticommunists who had fled to Miami found a patron in the CIA, which actively supported their efforts to topple Castro's regime. The unrest fomented by Cuban-trained leftist guerrillas lent support to Latin America's military castes, who promised to restore stability. Brazil was the first to succumb to a coup in 1964; a decade later, military juntas governed most Latin American states. Thus did a revolution that had seemed to signal the death knell of dictatorship in Latin America bring about its tragic opposite.--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Revolutions
Geographic subdivision Latin America
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Military government
Geographic subdivision Latin America
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Dictatorship
Geographic subdivision Latin America
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        Non-fiction Dept. of History Dept. of History General Stacks 30/04/2021   303.6409809045 BRO.C HIS13010 30/04/2021 30/04/2021 Book