This is Fidel Castro’s brilliant courtroom defense speech, offering a foretaste of the oratory for which he would become famous. At his trial...
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Jan 11, 2012
Paula
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Long live Fidel! Wait, is Fidel alive?
Historically important for the Cuban revolution, the defense of Fidel created while in prison waiting trial for the acts of 26 de Julio and later recalled/written as a book. Read a bit like a note from a middle school girl accusing her ex-best friend of heinous acts, but still incredibly fascinating. It was interesting to find that Fidel spoke highly of elections, freedom of speech, and the US constitution back then.
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Historically important for the Cuban revolution, the defense of Fidel created while in prison waiting trial for the acts of 26 de Julio and later recalled/written as a book. Read a bit like a note from a middle school girl accusing her ex-best friend of heinous acts, but still incredibly fascinating. It was interesting to find that Fidel spoke highly of elections, freedom of speech, and the US constitution back then.
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Mar 20, 2010
Matt
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This was a spectacularly interesting thought-venture into the mind of Fidel Castro. It's very illustrative as to what he was thinking during his "descent into madness" so to speak. If you're doing a research project on Castro (as I was) then this book will be infinitely useful to you, supplying you with a primary source and a wealth of information regarding Castro's ideals. Believe me, if you are a historian, or pride yourself as one, you won't regret reading this. Rating lower because
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Dec 22, 2011
Christine
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Interesting for what it explains about Cuba's history, and also Castro's state of mind. I find it particularly intriguing that he states so often about the Cuban constitution and how it is the right and the duty of citizens to overthrow a dictatorship--this is his defense--but then he became one himself. My knowledge of Cuban history is pretty limited, so maybe I'm backwards on this, but it's something to see him arguing so vehemently against the dictator style government, and then in hindsigh
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Mar 14, 2009
La transformation que Fidel Castro tiene en Cuba en contra del govierno dictador de Batista es importante para entender la vida de este gran hombre que ha cambiado la vida social de Cuba. Yo estoy leyendo este libro y estoy comprendiendo las causas que motivan a Fidel ser un revolucionario....
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