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Hispanic American Historical Review (1962) 42 (4): 634.
Published: 01 November 1962
...George C. A. Boehrer Um Ministério visto por dentro. Cartas inéditas de João Batista Calógeras alto funcionário do Império . By Gontijo de Carvalho Antônio . Rio de Janeiro , 1959 . José Olympio Editôra . Illustration. Notes . Pp. 307 . Paper. Copyright 1962 by Duke University...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1945) 25 (4): 519.
Published: 01 November 1945
...Duvon C. Corbitt Ensayo biográfico. Batista. Reportaje histórico . By Rubio Raúl Acosta . ( Habana : Benito García Rameau , 1943 . 3rd ed. Pp. 244 . Photographs and photostats . Paper.) Copyright 1945 by Duke University Press 1945 ...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1975) 55 (2): 362–363.
Published: 01 May 1975
..., to Sumner Welles, our man in Havana, anything that smacked of fundamental change was sheer anarchy. But since the author himself does not indicate what program was advocated by the revolutionary forces in Cuba, the discussion in these early chapters tends to become chaotic. Now in Roosevelt and Batista...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2013) 93 (2): 239–271.
Published: 01 May 2013
... Batista. The article highlights how Cuban revolutionary leaders, Afro-Cubans, and African Americans exploited temporary transnational relationships to fight local battles. Claiming that the Cuban Revolution had eliminated racial discrimination, INIT invited world champion boxer Joe Louis and 50 other...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1985) 65 (2): 327–351.
Published: 01 May 1985
... of Principles,” executive committee and conference of leaders, PRC(A), Sept. 23, 1956. Varona MSS. 117 Ibid. 118 Ibid. This appeal probably came too early, because times were good, but, as Domínguez notes, economic conditions may have had some part in Batista’s fall, especially after the economy...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1963) 43 (4): 568–570.
Published: 01 November 1963
... or supporter of Batista, as was often charged, although he maintained cordial and correct relations with the dictator. It seems that he concluded early that Fidel Castro had communist leanings, and that Batista was preferable to the bearded rebel leader. As the power of Batista deteriorated, Smith tried...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1963) 43 (4): 601–602.
Published: 01 November 1963
.... Historians will value this volume as Batista’s own account of the events leading to his overthrow. His story of the disintegration of his forces has the ring of truth, as does his account of his relations with the United States and its representatives. At this point, where a note of bitterness could...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2019) 99 (2): 385–386.
Published: 01 May 2019
... that there was an understanding, if not outright collaboration, between the Communists and the Batista dictatorship, and she writes that only at the end of 1958 did the Communists support the armed struggle against the regime. It is true, as she notes, that Batista appointed former Communists to important positions in his...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2004) 84 (2): 351–352.
Published: 01 May 2004
... Batista’s ouster? Did Fidel Castro cooperate with the Popular Socialist Party (the Cuban communist party) and deceive dissidents and the people at large about his future commitment to Marxist-Leninism, or did he establish a broad-based underground force, especially in cooperation when the urban branch...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2007) 87 (3): 609–610.
Published: 01 August 2007
..., as well as chronicler of embarrassing confrontations. As the story unfolds, one is inspired to visit Santa Brígida to both see its sites — Batista’s house, a museum, sculptures, a municipal theater, a mass at the local parish — and witness the tensions and contradictions she describes. The account...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1971) 51 (3): 522–523.
Published: 01 August 1971
... of the Cuban communist movement in the pre-Castro era, this rather lengthy book is of some value to the historian, if used with care. The product of collaboration between two individuals linked to the Batista regime (under which García Montes served as Prime Minister), its avowed purpose is to show “how...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1978) 58 (1): 136–137.
Published: 01 February 1978
... process. Particularly important is the author’s analysis of the division of Batista’s officers (pp. 145-151) between puros , professional academy officers, and marcistas , political appointees of the dictator. Nevertheless, the reader is left with a sensation of mild disappointment. The book does...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1973) 53 (4): 699–702.
Published: 01 November 1973
... who, well before Batista reached power, was already involved in the shooting and killing of political enemies. The Fidel who spoke and acted as a redeemer of his people, and the Castro who deceived his supporters (“Deal with the people artfully and with a smile . . . there will be enough time later...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1979) 59 (4): 734–736.
Published: 01 November 1979
... and society of modern Cuba. Domínguez begins his assessment of modern Cuba with two probing chapters on Cuba’s government and political system from 1902, when American troops departed, until 1958, the final year of Fulgencio Batista’s rule. In the first three decades of the republic, he argues, Cuba’s...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1965) 45 (3): 512.
Published: 01 August 1965
...Robert Freeman Smith Batista gives little attention to a number of vital points. Among these are his periods of cooperation with the Communists, the “golpe de estado” of 1952, the brutal suppression of the student movement in 1935, and the problem of Communist strength in a country run...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2020) 100 (3): 463–492.
Published: 01 August 2020
... Acosta Maruja , and Hardoy Jorge E. Reforma urbana en Cuba revolucionaria . Caracas : Síntesis Dosmil , 1971 . Anderson Eduardo . La delincuencia en los barrios de indigentes . Havana : Comisión Nacional de Viviendas , n.d. Batista Fulgencio . Piedras y leyes . Mexico...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2021) 101 (4): 749–750.
Published: 01 November 2021
... the regional authoritarian alliance of dictators such as Rafael Trujillo, Anastasio Somoza García, and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, who were joined by Fulgencio Batista in 1952. This reveals that the Cuban insurrection was not as exceptional as generally believed; rather, it was waged amid a democratic awakening...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1995) 75 (4): 704–705.
Published: 01 November 1995
... insurrection, focusing on the growth of anti-Americanism. He details U.S. efforts to remove Batista and avoid Castro in 1958–59, then provides an explanation of how the United States “let Cuba get away.” He also argues that the bitter experiences of the late 1950s undermined accommodation for decades to come...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2004) 84 (4): 746–748.
Published: 01 November 2004
...-lived liberal government of 1933–34. The dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was followed, in the late 1930s, by an unlikely movement toward democracy. Whitney skilfully dissects the complex nature of the 1920s oligarchy. Since 1902, Cuba was ruled through networks of regional and local caciques...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2005) 85 (3): 543–544.
Published: 01 August 2005
..., Cirules writes, during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s term, “with the unrestricted support of General Batista” (p. 28). Complementing Rosalie Schwartz’s fine Pleasure Island (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1997), Cirules concentrates his detailed analysis on the close ties between the U.S. Mafia...
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