CASTRO AS YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN HIM
Castro: A Biography by Consent offers the most comprehensive and in-depth life history of one of the most iconic and controversial revolutionary leaders of the modern world. Respected by some, despised by others, Fidel Castro was a force to reckon with, and Claudia Furiati spent nine years of intensive research unraveling and chronicling his story through seven decades of Cuban history.
Castro granted Furiati his consent to write this biography and gave his assurance that he would not read it until the book was completed and published. He allowed her access to his personal (confidential and secret) archives and official files. Through these and multiple interviews with Castro’s friends and enemies alike, Furiati fills in gaps missing from other biographies and provides, through extensive narrative and photos, a powerful portrayal of this charismatic yet enigmatic head of state.
First published in Portuguese, followed by Spanish, Italian, and Chinese translations, this English translation is the definitive chronicle of Fidel Castro’s life.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword: Man’s Destiny Is to Transform the World by Roberto Amaral
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Don Angel, a Creole Galician
- Chapter 2: Under Lina’s Reins
- Chapter 3: Tintin Is Fidel
- Chapter 4: Bamba Boy in an Embroidered Collar
- Chapter 5: Courtship, Twists and Turns
- Chapter 6: Message to Mister Roosevelt
- Chapter 7: Chatting with Those Who Work Hard
- Chapter 8: From Podium to Rostrum
- Chapter 9: The Cuban Quixote Facing the Bandits
- Chapter 10: In the Waters of the Shark
- Chapter 11: Typhoon in Bogotá
- Chapter 12: Heads or Tails
- Chapter 13: Juris, Doctor, Father, Candidate
- Chapter 14: The “Sun-Sun Coup”
- Chapter 15: A Little Money and a Lot of Secrets
- Chapter 16: The Element of Surprise
- Chapter 17: The Lieutenants’ Providence
- Chapter 18: Dive into White
- Chapter 19: Amnesty for a Duel
- Chapter 20: Mexico, Texas, and New York
- Chapter 21: Better Alone Than in Bad Company
- Chapter 22: Chess Games
- Chapter 23: Racing for a Shipwreck
- Chapter 24: Guerrilla Debut
- Chapter 25: Two Commanders Are Worth Four
- Chapter 26: Unity with Americans
- Chapter 27: Mirages of the Plain
- Chapter 28: Operation EF (End of Fidel)
- Chapter 29: Hunting the Bear Too Late
- Chapter 30: Military, for What?
- Chapter 31: Robespierre, Danton, Marat?
- Chapter 32: Which Revolution?
- Chapter 33: The End of Yalta
- Chapter 34: Simone’s Gaze
- Chapter 35: The Invasion. The Betrayed.
- Chapter 36: The Impossible Stability
- Chapter 37: Victim of a Spell
- Chapter 38: Catharsis and Fissures
- Chapter 39: The Phoenix and the Condor
- Chapter 40: Taming the Sea Lion
- Chapter 41: A Commander Flying Blind
- Chapter 42: Hidden Face: Nicaragua
- Chapter 43: A Citizen of the World
- Chapter 44: Exile and Blockade: The Marielitos
- Chapter 45: In Search of Foreign Currency
- Chapter 46: From the Day Capitalism Disappears
- Chapter 47: Fatal Attraction: Narco Dollars
- Chapter 48: USSR, the Failed Father
- Chapter 49: Fidel’s Pendulum
- Chapter 50: Homeland or Death: The Ferrymen
- Chapter 51: I Am Going to Die in My Boots
- Chapter 52: Wolves, Reindeer, and Lambs
- Chapter 53: Who Is Irreplaceable?
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Interviews
- Notes
- Index
- Plates
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