Author: LLOVIO-MENENDEZ, JOSE LUIS
Title: Insider My Hidden Life As a Revolutionary in Cuba
Description: Bantam, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0553051148. Book and dust look new, never read. A once-high ranking Cuban government offical now living in the United States paints a vivid portrait of the Cuban people, their lives under Castro's rule, and his survival and escape from his native country. "Having fought against Batista, Llovio-Menendez returned from France to Cuba to find Communism replacing the ideals of the revolution, and for 17 years had to sing the party tune before he could engineer escape. As a former government insider, he records the failure of the "New Man" and reports on the corruption, jealousy, and incompetence of the new elite." from Library Journal review.; Black and white photo; 9.4 X 6.4 X 1.7 inches; 466 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Revolution Batista Castro Raul Castro Communism History


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