Vida Clandestina: My Life in the Cuban Revolution Hardcover - 2002
by Enrique Oltuski; Foreword by Eduardo Torres-Cuevas; Thomas Christensen (Translator)
Vida Clandestina" is the first U.S. publication of the dramatic memoir of an important Cuban revolutionary who led a dangerous double life from 1952 to1959. Educated at University of Miami, then a high-ranking manager and engineer for Shell Oil, Oltuski was a leader in the urban guerilla 26th of July Movement in Havana and Santa Clara, risking his life to join forces with Che Guevara and Fidel Castro and working at the highest level of the Cuban government in the 43 years since.
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In this compelling personal memoir, Enrique Oltuski recounts the experiences of his revolutionary life: organizing the urban guerilla movement in Havana and Santa Clara, launching the official underground newspaper, raising money for arms and medical supplies, initiating urban military operations--including retaliative bombings of army headquarters and assassinations of notorious police terrorists--and working with Che Guevara in the battles against the heinous dictator Fulgencio Batista and his overwhelmingly superior armed forces.
Never before have we had such an opportunity to experience and understand the real story of this ragtag band of workers, farmers, and students who--with a lot of naive idealism, profound personal sacrifice, courage, intelligence, and exceptional good luck--were ultimately able to win the revolution and build a new Cuban society in the face of grave internal and external obstacles.
Vida Clandestina is above all, a very warm, often humorous personal story: of a brash and handsome young Jewish kid who falls in love and marries his Catholic high school sweetheart; reconciles his liberal democratic idealism with the hard-boiled brutality of violent revolution; loses many friends, while barely escaping with his life; enjoys the eventual triumph of the revolution; learns to run a major branch of the government about which he initially knew nothing; becomes a more experienced and sophisticated player in the world of international politics; and continues his dedication to the struggle for freedom and social justice in his beloved country to this day.
Offering a rare, behind-the-scenes portrait of the early days of the Cuban revolution, the book is filled with anecdotes about the legendary Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, who is still Oltuski's boss after forty-three years of active service. "Vida Clandestina" is one man's story that provides a very human background and perspective to today's headlines.
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- Title Vida Clandestina: My Life in the Cuban Revolution
- Author Enrique Oltuski; Foreword by Eduardo Torres-Cuevas; Thomas Christensen (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons, NY
- Date 2002-08-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780787961695 / 0787961698
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.52 x 6.36 x 1.1 in (24.18 x 16.15 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Library of Congress subjects Cuba - History - 1933-1959, Cuba - History - Revolution, 1959
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002002223
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2002, Page 939
- Library Journal, 09/15/2002, Page 75
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