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Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington

by Ann Louise Bardach

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An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.

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Ann Louise Bardach

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Ann Louise Bardach lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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Languages: English
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Published: 2009
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 972.91064092
LCC: F1788.22 .C3 .B37

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