Fidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution: Understanding the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961)

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Fidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution makes accessible-and in some cases available in English for the first time-a selection of speeches and television appearances by Fidel Castro during the first two years of the Cuban Revolution. This extraordinary collection of documents allows readers to trace the evolution of this legendary leader's radical political thought as it pushes against and eventually overcomes adverse political and ideological circumstances faced by the newly formed socialist government. The pieces are organized chronologically, and each features an introduction prepared by Cuban experts Jose; Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa Lopez.

Jose Bell Lara is Professor and Consultant of the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). He has authored and co-authored numerous texts about Cuba and Latin America, including those in the series Documentos de la Revolucion Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generacion revolucionaria 1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurreccion 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: periodo especial. Tania Caram Leon is a Professor at the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). She has published several texts about Cuban women and has co-authored works in the editorial series Documentos de la Revolucion Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generacion revolucionaria1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurreccion 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: periodo especial. Delia Luisa Lopez Garcia is Professor Emeritus of the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). She has published several texts on Cuba and Latin America and has co-authored works in the editorial series Documentos de la Revolucion Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generacion revolucionaria 1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurreccion 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: periodo especial.