Journey to the Heart of Cuba

A former university professor delves into the mind and psyche of Fidel Castroand the forces that have kept him in power in Cuba.

Portrait of the Young Fidel Castro

3

(23)

Childhood of a Caudillo

7

(6)

Gangsters and Revolutionaries

13

(10)

Setting the Scene

23

(26)

Natives, Liberals and Annexationists

26

(4)

Liberals and Independentistas

30

(6)

The Rebellious Republic

36

(6)

The Batistianos, the Autenticos and the Ortodoxos

42

(7)

The Insurrection

49

(32)

The Attack on Montada

52

(7)

Guevara, Guatemala and the Rise of Radicalism

59

(3)

From Mexico to the Sierra Maestra

62

(6)

The Opposition Gets Tough

68

(5)

Batista and the Norteamericanos

73

(8)

Here's...Communism!

81

(38)

A Shadow Government

84

(2)

Was He Pushed, or Did he Jump?

86

(3)

The Firing Squad

89

(4)

The Destruction of Civil Society

93

(4)

The Anti-Communist Insurrection

97

(3)

The Opposition and Washington

100

(5)

The Bay of Pigs

105

(7)

From the Missile Crisis to Kennedy's Death

112

(7)

The Ends, the Means and the Achievements

119

(78)

``Worms,'' Homosexuals and the New Man

124

(5)

The Anatomy of Terror

129

(7)

Death to the Intelligentsia

136

(6)

Raft People and Prostitutes

142

(4)

The Conquest of the Third World

146

(13)

Castro and Gorbachev

159

(2)

The Narco Revolution

161

(8)

Post Communism

169

(7)

Dissidents and Civil Society

176

(7)

The Pope's Visit

183

(3)

The Achievements of the Revolution

186

(11)

The Other Shore

197

(28)

Temporary Exile, Permanent Exile

200

(3)

An Escape Valve for Castro

203

(3)

The Elian Incident

206

(3)

A New Epoch

209

(4)

Mas Canosa and the Cuban-American Lobby

213

(3)

The Cuban-American Congressmen and the Embargo

216

(3)

The Democratic Platform and the Reconciliation

219

(6)

Epilogue: The Day Fidel Castro Died

225

(10)

Bibliography

235

(12)

Name Index

247

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