Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index.
Introduction: history, mythology, and revolution -- "Tactics in politics and tactics in revolution are not the same" -- The Sierra Manifesto -- "We had to act a bit dictatorially" -- Defining opposition unity on the ground -- Fear and loathing in Miami -- Taming the politiqueros in exile -- With friends like these, who needs enemies? -- Total war? -- The Golden Age of the Llano -- The arms race -- Politics and popular insurrection -- "Bordering on chaos" -- Picking up the pieces -- Unity: "Like a magic word" -- The Pact of Caracas -- Hasta La Victoria! -- Epilogue: transitions then and now.
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"In a close study of the fifteen months from November 1956 to July 1958, when the urban underground leadership was dominant, Sweig examines the debate between the two groups over whether to wage guerrilla warfare in the countryside or armed insurrection in the cities, and is the first to document the extent of Castro's cooperation with the llano. She unveils the essential role of the urban underground, led by such figures as Frank Pais, Armando Hart, Haydee Santamaria, Enrique Oltuski, and Faustino Perez, in controlling critical decisions on tactics, strategy, allocation of resources, and relations with opposition forces, political parties, Cuban exiles, even the United States - contradicting the standard view of Castro as the primary decision maker during the revolution."--Jacket.
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Inside the Cuban Revolution.
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