{"product_id":"fidel-in-the-cuban-socialist-revolution-understanding-the-cuban-revolution-1959-1961-9789004415713","title":"Fidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution: Understanding the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book makes accessible a selection of speeches and television appearances by Fidel Castro during the first two years of the Cuban Revolution. Readers can trace the evolution of this legendary leader’s radical political thought and analyze his extraordinary capacity for overcoming adverse political and ideological circumstances in a constant movement towards a socialist ideal. The work is organized chronologically with introductory presentations prepared by Cuban experts José Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa López and includes a glossary and bibliography. The methodology of this work is original and includes material from 1959 not previously published elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface  ix   Translator’s Note  xii   Charles McKelvey   Introduction   José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García   Historical Context   José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García    Part 1: 1959: Year of Liberation   Introduction to 1959: “Year of Liberation”   José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García   Call to Revolutionary General Strike   The Revolution Begins Now   To Speak the Truth Is the First Duty of All Revolutionaries   We are Revolutionaries Making a Revolution, Revolutionaries in Power!   To Live on Our Knees, Why?   This Law Initiates an Entirely New Stage in Our Economic Life and a Magnificent Future Awaits Our Country   The Cuban People Is an Invincible People   In Cuba, There is a Democracy Where the People Discuss Their Problems Directly   The Entire Nation Stands without Fear   The Working Class and the Cuban Revolution   We have Kept Our Promises to the People    Part 2:    Introduction to 1960: “Year of Agrarian Reform”   José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García   The Revolution Converts Barracks into Schools   The Future of Our Country Necessarily has to Be a Future of Men of Science and Thought   The Choice is Patria o Muerte   Democracy Is This   The Slogan for the People Is: Venceremos!   Latin America Does Not Have the Right to Make a Revolution   Women, the Decisive Factor in the Revolution   Declaration of Havana   Speech in the General Assembly of the United Nations   We Are Going to Establish a System of Collective Revolutionary Watch   The Moncada Program Has been Carried Out    Part 3:    Introduction to 1961: “Year of Education”   José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García   The Revolution Is a Struggle to the Death between the Future and the Past   What the Imperialists Cannot Forgive   Communiques from the Battle at Playa Girón   At Playa Girón, the Country for All has Triumphed   Glossary   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210787807575,"sku":"9789004415713","price":172.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fidel-in-the-cuban-socialist-revolution-understanding-the-cuban-revolution-1959-1961-9789004415713","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}