Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War, 1956-58 (The Cuban Revolution in World Politics) - Softcover

Ernesto Guevara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873488245 ISBN 13: 9780873488242

Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY), 1996

Synopsis

Ernesto Che Guevara, Argentine by birth, became a central leader of the Cuban revolution and one of the outstanding communists of the 20th century. This book is his firsthand account of the military campaigns and political events that culminated in the January 1959 popular insurrection that overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship in Cuba.
With clarity and humor, Guevara describes his own political education. He explains how the struggle transformed the men and women of the Rebel Army and July 26 Movement led by Fidel Castro. And how these combatants forged a political leadership capable of guiding millions of workers and peasants to open the socialist revolution in the Americas.
Guevara's Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War appears here complete for the first time in English.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

Review:

Corrects hundreds of little errors that have crept into the Che Guevara essays; it also fully identifies figures alluded to or previously identified only by noms de guerre. Photographs, a glossary of terms, an order-of-battle chart, and rosters of names with minibiographies make this work mandatory reading for students of the Cuban Revolution. --Hispanic American Historical Review

A convenient addition to the literature on the Cuban revolution.... [T]his edition has some previously unpublished material, a very good introduction, a chronology of events, a series of excellent photographs, and a detailed list of individuals mentioned in the Guevara writings. --Choice

Episodes is interesting as both a historical document and a profile of the personalities involved in Revolutionary Cuba. It shows us how the men and women of the Rebel army were transformed by their experiences and how the rebels forged a political leadership capable of guiding the first socialist revolution in the Americas. --Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations

About this edition

• Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0873488245
• ISBN 13: 9780873488242
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Mary-Alice Waters