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Without Fidel : a death foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington / Ann Louise Bardach.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Scribner, 2009.Description: xxii, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416551508 (hbk.)
  • 1416551506 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.91064092
LOC classification:
  • 107 F 1788.22 C355Bar 2009
Contents:
The long dying -- The pursuit of immorality -- The family -- The island and the empire -- Writing for history -- The Fidel obsession -- The pediatrician and the exterminator -- Murder in the sky -- Miami Vice -- Requiem for a would-be assassin -- Raâul's reign -- El Relevo : the relief pitcher -- All the king's men -- Calle Ocho at Foggy Bottom -- The graveyard shift -- Spooks, plotters, politicians & the law.
Summary: An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 107 F 1788.22 C355Bar 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000072305

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-314) and index.

The long dying -- The pursuit of immorality -- The family -- The island and the empire -- Writing for history -- The Fidel obsession -- The pediatrician and the exterminator -- Murder in the sky -- Miami Vice -- Requiem for a would-be assassin -- Raâul's reign -- El Relevo : the relief pitcher -- All the king's men -- Calle Ocho at Foggy Bottom -- The graveyard shift -- Spooks, plotters, politicians & the law.

An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.

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