Description
Book SynopsisProvides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939.
Trade Review"Balanced, judicious and fluently written, Argote-Freyre's biography offers an important and long overdue scholarly reassessment of a crucial figure in Cuban history." * Publishers Weekly *
"Written in an engaging style and based on solid scholarship, this work by Argote-Freyre should make us wonder how we have gone this long without an authoritative treatment of the life and times of the man second only to Fidel Castro in his importance to twentieth-century Cuba. A sorely needed contribution." -- Lisandro PTrez * Florida International University *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
1. End and Beginning
2. Restless Adolescence
3. Sergeant Stenographer
4.
Machadato 5. Sergeant's Revolt
6. Revolution of 1933
7. An End to Revolution
8. The Mendieta Years
9. Labor Unrest
10. The Elections of 1936
11. In the Shadow of Batista
12. Cuban Strongman
13. Road to Democracy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
