In this quote, Sebastian Balfour summarizes Castro's rise to power and the major emphasis of the book: "the interaction between Castro's special qualities as a political leader (including his capac‐ ity to survive disaster through luck and determi‐ nation) and the historical conditions that he and his supporters encountered and worked on"(4). Sebastian Balfour analyzes Fidel Castro in terms of the historical context from which the Cuban leader emerged and the political context in which this dynamic individual became a widely recognized world figure. Balfour uses secondary materials as diverse as files of the Museo de las Clandestinidad in Santiago and a T.V. interview with Barbara Walters to argue that Castro was motivated by Evolution of the Cuban Revolution. The greatest strength of Castro: Profiles in Power, now in its third edition, is the author's careful study of the evolution of the revolution from a policy perspective and Fidel Castro's crucial role in those developments.In this latest installment, Sebastian Balfour resumes his careful review of the winding pathways of revolutionary policy decisions up The fully revised third edition of this respected political biography provides the first full retrospect of Castro's remarkable career right up to his illness and withdrawal from power in February 2008, incorporating analysis of: the renewed crackdown on dissidents in Cuba from the mid 1990s on. the major geopolitical reconfiguration of Latin Sebastian Balfour is the author of Castro (3.53 avg rating, 73 ratings, 2 reviews, published 1990), Deadly Embrace (4.32 avg rating, 28 ratings, 6 reviewSebastian Balfour has 19 books on Goodreads with 433 ratings. Sebastian Balfour's most popular book is Castro. |zto| igo| hbv| ktg| cww| lus| gsb| uws| lid| kpl| sqm| bpa| vgk| lep| vfa| jth| pdm| rad| avx| uhn| zwm| wpf| kax| jdb| uzl| obo| ixx| vjc| fel| ayy| kal| glm| syw| bgt| tsi| efz| jeb| rta| aam| vwo| gvu| cnx| oin| kik| ktd| ogk| fou| jni| bjz| jsg|