Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
Contents:
Part One. Revolution in Cuba -- Fidel Castro's road to power, 1952-1959 -- Cuba: the making of a revolution -- Part Two. The promise and threat of hemispheric revolution -- Fidelismo and the radicalization of Latin American politics -- U.S. responses to revolution -- Part Three. Guerrilla warfare -- Che's way: rural guerrilla warfare -- After Che: urban guerrilla warfare -- Part Four. Three truncated revolutions -- The Peruvian Military Revolution, 1968-1975 -- Chile under Allende, 1970-1973: a peaceful road to socialism? -- The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979-1990 -- Part Five. The reaction -- State terrorism in the South America -- State terrorism in Central America -- Part Six. The continuing impact of the Cuban Revolution -- Major political trends since 1990.
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