{"product_id":"inside-the-cuban-revolution-fidel-castro-and-the-urban-underground-9780674008489","title":"Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulia Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Cuban urban underground  the Llano. Granted unprecedented access to the classified records of Castros 26th of July Movements underground operatives--the only scholar inside or outside of Cuba allowed access to the complete collection in the Cuban Council of States Office of Historic Affairs--she details the ideological  political  and strategic debates between Castros mountain-based guerrilla movement and the urban revolutionaries in Havana  Santiago  and other cities. 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 Castros cooperation with the Llano. She unveils the essential role of the urban underground  led by such figures as Frank Pas  Armando Hart  Hayde Santamaria  Enrique Oltuski  and Faustino Prez  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. In revealing the true relationship between Castro and the urban underground  Sweig redefines the history of the Cuban Revolution  offering guideposts for understanding Cuban politics in the 1960s and raising intriguing questions for the future transition of power in Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646963638325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674008480","price":34.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674008489.jpg?v=1781683642","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/inside-the-cuban-revolution-fidel-castro-and-the-urban-underground-9780674008489","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}