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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents:\n\nTONY PERROTTET\nCUBA LIBRE!  Che, Fidel, 
 and the Improbable Revolution that Changed World History\n\nAdvance 
 tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, benefits 
 KPFA Radio 94.1FM \n\nMost people are familiar with the basics of the Cuban 
 Revolution of 1956-1959. It was led by two of the twentieth century's most 
 charismatic figures, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Their movement 
 successfully overthrew the island nation's US-backed dictator, Fulgencio 
 Batista, and has remained to this day an intense socialist provocation to 
 the massive imperial capitalist country only ninety miles north of Cuba.  
 \n \nTony Perrottet unravels the human drama behind history's most 
 improbable revolution: a scruffy handful of self-taught 
 revolutionaries-many of them kids just out of college, literature majors 
 and art students, including a number of extraordinary young women-who 
 defeated 40,000 professional soldiers to overthrow the dictatorship of 
 Batista. Cuba Libre!'s deep dive into the revolution reveals fascinating 
 details. He describes how Fidel's highly organized lover Celia Sanchez kept 
 the male guerrillas disciplined, and he portrays a few of the North 
 American volunteers who joined the Cuban rebels. He gained access to 
 private letters, diaries, videos, and other documents no other historian 
 has seen. Perrottet has used these as well as countless interviews to 
 describe the years of guerrilla fighting throughout the Sierra Maestra 
 mountains, the final victory march into Havana, the gradual building of a 
 socialist state, and\nthe accompanying Cold War tensions. \n\n"Perrottet 
 takes us far beyond the basic facts of the Cuban Revolution to the juicy 
 details that remind us that history is deeply human." - Chris Ryan, NY 
 Times bestselling author\n\nTony Perrottet, author of five previous books, 
 is a regular guest on the History Channel.\n \nSteve Wasserman is Executive 
 Director of Heyday Books.\n\n$12 advance, $15 door.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822847.php
SUMMARY:Tony Perrottet: Cuba Libre! Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution
LOCATION:Berkeley Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar St\nBerkeley, CA 94709
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822847.php
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