Viaje al corazón de Cuba (Paperback)

by Carlos Alberto Montaner (Author)

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Montaner starts his biography of Fidel Castro noting that of all living political figures Castro stimulates the most interest. He ends the book with an epilog portraying Castro's hypothetical death and the subsequent decommunization of Cuba. Castro has been simply a disaster for Cuba. Interested in power for its own sake; devoid of loyalty to anything except his own conceptions and place in power; uncomfortable around those who grapple with ideas, such as Che Guevara, Castro has depended on charisma, fear, and Soviet support. In the last decade, Soviet support has ceased, his charisma has diminished, and fear has taken up the slack. Montaner paints an unchanged Castro and sketches the damage that this has caused his fellow Cubans: the exodus, the hunger, the prostitution, the poverty. A corroborating read for those who oppose Castro and a necessary one for those who don't.
-John P. Farrance
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
Del mismo co-autor del Manual del Perfecto Idiota Latinoamericano y de Fabricantes de Miseria aparece éste examen concienzudo de los últimos cuarenta años de historia Cubana. El autor nos presenta una breve historia de Cuba antes de 1952 con unos pasajes de la vida de Castro, ilustrando los eventos que llevaron a la Guerra contra Batista, la derrota de su ejército de 40.000 hombres y por último el establecimiento del comunismo en Cuba.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: New Media Spanish Language (December 1, 1999)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0553061089
• ISBN-13: 978-0553061086
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #969,369 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing Castro Plain, April 27, 2000

By	W. Lewis Amselem (FPO, AP USA) - See all my reviews

Montaner has written the best book of the dozens I have read on Castro's Cuba. With humor, dry wit, impeccable research, and a straight-forward writing style, journalist Montaner explains the ideological and personal demons that rule Castro, the origins of the Cuban Revolution, and the 40-plus years of disasters that have befallen the Cuban people since their "liberation." He is unsparing in his criticism of United States ineptitude in handling Castro's Cuba, but recognizes that Castro, and Castro alone, bears ultimate responsibility for Cuba's distress. This is a wonderful book, written for anyone and everyone with curiosity about Cuba, the Cold War, and the nature of modern political evil. I literally could not put the book down, and read it in one sitting.