Frank Argote-Freyre

Fulgencio Batista

The Making of a Dictator Volume 1

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 787g
• ISBN-13: 9780813537016
• ISBN-10: 0813537010
• Artikelnr.: 22442157

Autorenporträt

Argote-Freyre, Frank

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. End and Beginning
2. Restless Adolescence
3. Sergeant Stenographer
4. Machadato
5. Sergeant's Revolt
6. Revolution of 1933
7. An End to Revolution
8. The Mendieta Years
9. Labor Unrest
10. The Elections of 1936
11. In the Shadow of Batista
12. Cuban Strongman
13. Road to Democracy
Notes
Bibliography
Index