Fidel Castro: My Life

Informationen zum Autor Ignacio Ramonet is a specialist on geopolitics, economics and the history of culture and a professor of communication theory at the University Denis Diderot in Paris. He is the long-time editor of the French magazine, Le Monde Diplomatique . Klappentext He is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures. Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution and on to the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis and his relationship with Che Guevara. He also remembers the people he knew, from John F. Kennedy to Ernest Hemingway. Zusammenfassung Castro is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures. This title tells Castro's story, explaining thing from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Castr, Fide Castro, Fidel Castro, Andrew Hurley, Ramonet, Ignacio Ramonet
• Assisted by: Ignacio Ramonet (Editor), Ramonet Ignacio (Editor), Andrew Hurley (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9780141026268
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102626-8
• No. of pages: 723
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Autobiographien (div.), Castro, Fidel, Autobiography: historical, political and military, cold war; che guevara; john kennedy books