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A Death Foretold In Miami, Havana, And Washington
Scribner
October 2009
On Sale: October 6, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 1416551506
EAN: 9781416551508
Hardcover
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From the award-winning reporter and go-to source on
Cuban-Miami politics Ann Louise Bardach comes a riveting,
eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel
Castro: his near death and marathon finale, his enemies and
their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the
carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother
Raúl.Ann Louise Bardach offers a spellbinding chronicle of
the Havana-Washington political showdown, drawing on nearly
two decades of reporting and countless interviews with
everyone from the Comandante himself, his co-ruler and
brother Raúl, and other family members, to ordinary Cubans
as well as officials and politicos in Miami, Havana, and
Washington. The result is an unforgettable dual portrait of
Fidel and Raúl Castro -- arguably the most successful and
enduring political brother team in history.Since 1959, Fidel
Castro has been the supreme leader of Cuba, deftly
checkmating his foes, both from within and abroad;
confronting eleven American presidents; and outfoxing dozens
of assassination attempts, vanquished only by collapsing
health.As night descends on Castro's extraordinary
fifty-year reign, Miami, Havana, and Washington are abuzz
with anxious questions: What led to the lightning-bolt purge
of key Cuban officials in March 2009? Who will be Raúl's
heir? Will the U.S. embargo end now?Bardach offers profound
and surprising answers to these questions as she
meticulously chronicles Castro's protracted farewell and
assesses his transformative impact on the world stage and
the complex legacy that will long outlive him. She reports
from three distinct vantage points: In Miami, where more
than one million Cubans have fled, she interviews scores of
exiles including Castro's would-be assassins Orlando Bosch
and Luis Posada Carriles; in Washington, DC, she reports on
the Obama administration's struggle to formulate a
post-Castro strategy; in Havanah she permeates the bubble
around the fiercely private and officially retired Castro to
ascertain the extent of his undisclosed medical
condition.Bardach delivers a compelling meditation on one of
the most controversial, combative, and charismatic rulers in
history. Without Fidel includes never-before-published
reporting on Castro, his family, and his half-century grip
on the largest country in the Caribbean while assessing how
his departure will forever transform politics and policy in
the Western Hemisphere -- and the world.
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