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Luis Alfonso Zayas, a general in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, recounts his experiences over five decades in the Cuban Revolution. From a teenage combatant in the clandestine struggle and 1956–58 war that brought down the US-backed dictatorship, to serving three times as a leader of the Cuban volunteer forces that helped Angola defeat an invasion by the army of white-supremacist South Africa, Zayas tells how he and other ordinary men and women in Cuba changed the course of history and, in the process, transformed themselves as well.
“With this firsthand account of his involvement from the front lines of the Cuban Revolution, Zayas captures the heady days of late 1958–early 1959.… [R]ecommended for libraries strong on history and current events, as well for popular collections on Latin America's social movements.”— Library Journal online review of the Spanish edition, Soldado de la Revolución Cubana: De los Cañaverales de Oriente a general de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias. To read the complete review Click here.
“Telling his own life story of being a farm worker to leading armies, [Zayas] provides his own unique perspective on Cuba’s revolution and much more. A fascinating delve into history from another perspective, Soldier of the Cuban Revolution would do well in international history collections.”— Midwest Book Review
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Introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, photos, index, maps. |
