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Young Castro : the making of a revolutionary

Hansen, Jonathan M., (Jonathan Marshall), 1962-2019
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RYDEBIOGRAPHYB CASTIn-transit from RYDE to EASTWOOD (Set: 02 Apr 2026)
This book will change how you think about Fidel Castro. Until now, biographers have treated Castro's life like prosecutors, scouring his past for evidence to convict a person they don't like or don't understand. This can make for bad history and unsatisfying biography. Young Castro challenges readers to put aside the caricature of a bearded, cigar-munching, anti-American hot head to discover how Castro became the dictator who acted as a thorn in the side of US presidents for nearly half a century.
Main title:
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.©2019
Collation:
xx, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-456) and index.
Contents:
Like father -- Mornings on horseback -- School days -- Quixotic (in the best sense) -- Salad days -- We finally have a leader -- God and the devil -- The great books -- True love -- Exile -- To wake the nation -- Keeping order in the hemisphere -- Plan fin-de-fidel -- Fin-de-fulgencio.
ISBN:
9781476732473 (hardback)
Dewey class:
972.91064092B
Language:
English
BRN:
425475
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
RYDEBIOGRAPHYB CASTIn-transit from RYDE to EASTWOOD (Set: 02 Apr 2026)
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