Cuban Revolution
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Communism, Communists, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Cuba
- Date: December, 1956-January, 1959
Article abstract: At issue: Popular effort to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Result: Rebel victory and eventually a Marxist-Leninist regime close to U.S. shores.
Background
The roots of Fidel Castro’s successful revolutionary struggle in the late 1950’s reach back to 1933, when a popular uprising ousted Cuba’s brutal dictator, Gerardo Machado y Morales. Ramón Grau San Martín eventually became head of the new revolutionary government and inaugurated reforms benefiting workers and landless peasants while putting restrictions on...
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