Without Fidel : a death foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington /
Bardach, Ann Louise, 1950-
Without Fidel : a death foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington / Ann Louise Bardach. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - xxii, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-314) and index.
The long dying -- The pursuit of immorality -- The family -- The island and the empire -- Writing for history -- The Fidel obsession -- The pediatrician and the exterminator -- Murder in the sky -- Miami Vice -- Requiem for a would-be assassin -- Raâul's reign -- El Relevo : the relief pitcher -- All the king's men -- Calle Ocho at Foggy Bottom -- The graveyard shift -- Spooks, plotters, politicians & the law.
An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.
9781416551508 (hbk.) 1416551506 (hbk.)
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
Heads of state--Cuba--Biography.
Presidentes --Cuba--Biografías.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
Cuba--Politics and government--1990-
Cuba--History--1959-1990.
Cuba--History--1990-
Cuba--Relaciones exteriores--Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--Cuba
Cuba--Política y gobierno--1959-1990.
Cuba --Política y gobierno --1990-
Cuba--Historia--1959-1990
Cuba--Historia--1990-
107 F 1788.22 / C355Bar 2009
972.91064092
Without Fidel : a death foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington / Ann Louise Bardach. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - xxii, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-314) and index.
The long dying -- The pursuit of immorality -- The family -- The island and the empire -- Writing for history -- The Fidel obsession -- The pediatrician and the exterminator -- Murder in the sky -- Miami Vice -- Requiem for a would-be assassin -- Raâul's reign -- El Relevo : the relief pitcher -- All the king's men -- Calle Ocho at Foggy Bottom -- The graveyard shift -- Spooks, plotters, politicians & the law.
An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.
9781416551508 (hbk.) 1416551506 (hbk.)
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
Heads of state--Cuba--Biography.
Presidentes --Cuba--Biografías.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
Cuba--Politics and government--1990-
Cuba--History--1959-1990.
Cuba--History--1990-
Cuba--Relaciones exteriores--Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--Cuba
Cuba--Política y gobierno--1959-1990.
Cuba --Política y gobierno --1990-
Cuba--Historia--1959-1990
Cuba--Historia--1990-
107 F 1788.22 / C355Bar 2009
972.91064092