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Overview
Fidel Castro, outspoken and fiery leader of Cuba, is a man who changed the future of a country. This biography looks at the life of the Cuban revolutionary and the changes that have taken place in Cuba, which under Fidel's leadership, has become a Communist country. Includes a 16 pp. photo insert.Documents the life of Cuba's charismatic leader, from his early days as a revolutionary to the present, and examines his economic and social reforms.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-- Beyer presents an unsympathetic portrait of his subject, focusing on his early life and rise to power. Little space is devoted to his social and economic reforms, although Cuba's ``bad neighbor policy'' receives attention. Castro emerges as audacious, combative, and highly volatile; he appears as a schoolboy who curses his teachers, a Marxist who defies the U. S. Viewing the Cuban leader's contribution to his country as nebulous, the author concludes that with Castro's demise, Cuba will become either a monument to his ideals or ``the tombstone of another messiah without scruples.'' Quotations add authenticity to the text. Most of the 25 black-and-white photographs are of above-average quality. This is a detailed and readable biography, but not so objective as Judith Bentley's eminently fair Fidel Castro (Messner, 1991), written for a similar audience. --Pat Katka, San Diego Public LibraryBook Details
Published
February 1, 1993
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780531130278