Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.
'With its cool judgements and blackly comic sense of irony, Hall's book is a rare pleasure to read.'
DOMINIC SANDBROOK,
Literary Review
'A lively account . . .
Ten Days in Harlem doesn't stint on piquant detail.'
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
'[A] perceptive, thoroughly researched and readable study.'
IRISH TIMES
New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro - champion of the oppressed, scourge of colonialism, and leftist revolutionary - arrives for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His visit to the UN represents a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world stage.
Fidel's shock arrival in Harlem is met with a rapturous reception from the local African American community. He holds court from the iconic Hotel Theresa as a succession of world leaders, black freedom fighters and counter-cultural luminaries - everyone from Nikita Khrushchev to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Malcolm X to Allen Ginsberg - come calling. Then, during his landmark address to the UN General Assembly - one of the longest speeches in the organisation's history - he promotes the politics of anti-imperialism with a fervour, and an audacity, that makes him an icon of the 1960s.
In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade that followed.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1: The Stage Is Set
- 2: Into the Belly of the Beast
- 3: Monday 19 September
- 4: Tuesday 20 September
- 5: Wednesday 21 September
- 6: Thursday 22 September
- 7: Friday 23 September
- 8: Saturday 24 September
- 9: Sunday 25 September
- 10: Monday 26 September
- 11: Tuesday 27 September
- 12: Wednesday 28 September
- 13: ‘¡Viva la Revolución!’
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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