The Preliminaries: Cuba, a Land of Intrigues and Conspiracies (1) -- Cuba, a Land of Intrigues and Conspiracies (2) -- The Fosters' Apartment at 525 Escobar Street -- US Ambassador to Cuba Mr. Beulah -- A Man Named Batista -- Carlos Prío, the "President Cordial" -- A Report from Havana's top CIA man -- Cuba's top Communist Gossips with the CIA -- The Persuadable Mr. Mujal -- The Incorruptible General Quinino Uría -- The Store at Neptune 621 -- Close Encounters of the First Kind -- The CIA tries to Save the Prío Government -- Prior's good Works were not Good Enough -- Was Eduardo Chibás Prior's Rasputin? -- Comments and Arguments from Kuquine -- The Last CIA Report from Democratic Cuba -- The Consummation: Telex to Secretary of State Dean Acheson -- Columbia, where Cuba began to Break Apart -- The Wolf comes out of its Lair -- The Last Carnival in a Free Cuba -- Batista seeks the Advice of his Grand Paê (1) -- Batista seeks the Advice of his Grand Paê (2) -- The Start of the Madrugonazo -- March 10th outside Columbia Camp -- The Whereabouts of Prío during the Coup d'état -- Prio could not get Support from his Followers -- All Resistance to the Coup d'État collapses -- The Aftermath: The March 10th Coup and the Press -- The CIA knew things that Prío didn't -- Money and Loyalties flowing after March 10th -- The Final Withering Away of the Republic -- The Final Meeting of the Tertulia at 621 Neptuno -- Were there ever any Good Politicians in Cuba?
Summary:
"Cuba's political life in 1952 was a sorrowful melodrama. Carlos Prío had introduced reforms and gangsterism had diminished; his administration was better definitely than Ramón Grau San Martín's, his predecessor. People, however, were looking at politicians with little if any respect. Eduardo Chibás had demolished whatever stability was left of Cuba's fragile political life. Then, on March 10, 1952, an unexpected Batista Coup d'État shocked the country; its suddenness stymied any attempts of resistance. Some Cubans felt an impotent rage; others an instantaneous numbness, followed by a cold apathy; a few showed absolute indifference. There was no public outrage; at most only regret and annoyance. The toppled Auténtico rulers -after eight years of misgovernment- lacked the moral authority needed to plea for national support. This is the story of the Three Days in March when Cuba began to disintegrate."--page 4 of cover.
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