{"id":5950319853728,"title":"Soldier of the Cuban Revolution","handle":"soldier-of-the-cuban-revolution_by-luis-alfonso-zayas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author recounts his experiences over five decades of the 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “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. 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Soldier of the Cuban Revolution

Introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, photos, index, maps.

Format: Paper

202 Pages

Edition: 1st

Year: 2011

Publisher: Pathfinder Press

ISBN: 9781604880311

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Soldier of the Cuban Revolution

From the Cane Fields of Oriente to General of the Revolutionary Armed Forces

By Luis Alfonso Zayas, 

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The author recounts his experiences over five decades of the 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 the army of white-supremacist South Africa,...

“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.

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