Fighting Over Fidel: The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution

by Rafael Rojas

Book Overview

How New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960s

New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War--and the Cuban Revolution. Fighting over Fidel brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York intellectuals who championed and opposed Castro's revolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691169519
• ISBN13: 9780691169514
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"