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

By: Material type: TextLanguage: 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 Barcode
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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