Castro (Profiles In Power) - Softcover

Buch 4 von 51: Profiles In Power

Balfour, Sebastian

 
9780582437470: Castro (Profiles In Power)

Inhaltsangabe

In this important introduction to the career of an enigmatic leader, Sebastian Balfour traces Fidel Castro's path to power, from student leader to head of state. Taking account of recent world developments, he analyses the historical conditions that enabled Castro to sieze and maintain power *Up-to-date study of Fidel Castro's rise to power and his continuing leadership. *Provides an assessment of changing Cuban perceptions of their leader based on interviews with officials, writers, historians and journalists. *Examines Cuba's role in the international arena. *Assesses the political and economic record of Castro based on his own words, documents and letters.

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Críticas

"Sebastian Balfour's outstandingly succinct and clear-sighted study does justice to the complexity and shifts of Castro's career, as well as making a much-needed contribution to the historiography of his subject."New Statesman and Society (of the First Edition)

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In this important introduction to the career of an enigmatic leader, Sebastian Balfour traces Fidel Castro's path to power, from student leader to head of state. Taking account of recent world developments, he analyses the historical conditions that enabled Castro to sieze and maintain power *Up-to-date study of Fidel Castro's rise to power and his continuing leadership. *Provides an assessment of changing Cuban perceptions of their leader based on interviews with officials, writers, historians and journalists. *Examines Cuba's role in the international arena. *Assesses the political and economic record of Castro based on his own words, documents and letters.

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