Fidel Castro Reader

Contents: Fidel Castro Biographical note. Editor's preface. Chronology. Foreword: Fidel's Virtues/Felipe Perez Roque. 1. History will absolve me. 2. On the triumph of the Revolution. 3. At the United Nations General Assembly. 4. The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution. 5. Words to intellectuals. 6. Manifesto for the Liberation of the Americas: "The Second Declaration of Havana". 7. The October Missile Crisis. 8. Formation of the Cuban Community Party and Che's Farewell Letter. 9. On the Latin American Revolution. 10. The death of Che Guevara. 11. One Hundred Years of struggle for Cuban independence. 12. Revolution and counterrevolution in Allende's Chile. 13. On behalf of the Movement of Nonaligned Countries. 14. Rectifying the errors of the Cuban Revolution. 15. Cuban internationalism and the collapse of the socialist bloc. 16. Return of Che Guevara's Remains to Cuba. 17. Inauguration of President Chavez in Venezuela: "The Battle of Ideas". 18. Response to the US Declaration of the "War Against Terrorism". 19. Assessing half a century of the Cuban Revolution. 20. In answer to the empire: Letters to President George W. Bush. Epilogue: Fidel Castro on the Cuban Revolution after Fidel. Further reading. Index. "At last, a comprehensive anthology of one of the 20 century's most influential political figures, the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro has been an articulate and incisive political thinker and leader, who has outlasted 10 hostile US Presidents. With the wave of change now sweeping Latin America, this book sheds light on the continent's future as well as its past. As the first selection of Fidel Castro's speeches to be published since the 1960s, this is an essential resource for both scholars and general readers.".…