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Three days in March : the events in 1952 that marked the beginning of the end of the Republic of Cuba /

"Cuba's political life in 1952 was a sorrowful melodrama. Carlos Prío had introduced reforms and gangsterism had diminished; his administration was better definitely than Ramón Grau San Martín's, his predecessor. People, however, were looking at politicians with little if any respect....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chao, Raúl Eduardo, 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Spanish
Published: Miami, FL : Ediciones Universal, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Colección Cuba y sus jueces.
Subjects:
Cuba > History > 1933-1959.
Cuba > Politics and government > 1933-1959.
Cuba > History > Revolution, 1959.
Politicians > Cuba > Attitudes.
Politicians > Cuba > Biography.
Biography.
History.
Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
1933 - 1959
Politicians.
Politicians > Attitudes.
Politics and government.
Cuba.
Table of Contents:
  • The Preliminaries: Cuba, a Land of Intrigues and Conspiracies (1)
  • Cuba, a Land of Intrigues and Conspiracies (2)
  • The Fosters' Apartment at 525 Escobar Street
  • US Ambassador to Cuba Mr. Beulah
  • A Man Named Batista
  • Carlos Prío, the "President Cordial"
  • A Report from Havana's top CIA man
  • Cuba's top Communist Gossips with the CIA
  • The Persuadable Mr. Mujal
  • The Incorruptible General Quinino Uría
  • The Store at Neptune 621
  • Close Encounters of the First Kind
  • The CIA tries to Save the Prío Government
  • Prior's good Works were not Good Enough
  • Was Eduardo Chibás Prior's Rasputin?
  • Comments and Arguments from Kuquine
  • The Last CIA Report from Democratic Cuba
  • The Consummation: Telex to Secretary of State Dean Acheson
  • Columbia, where Cuba began to Break Apart
  • The Wolf comes out of its Lair
  • The Last Carnival in a Free Cuba
  • Batista seeks the Advice of his Grand Paê (1)
  • Batista seeks the Advice of his Grand Paê (2)
  • The Start of the Madrugonazo
  • March 10th outside Columbia Camp
  • The Whereabouts of Prío during the Coup d'état
  • Prio could not get Support from his Followers
  • All Resistance to the Coup d'État collapses
  • The Aftermath: The March 10th Coup and the Press
  • The CIA knew things that Prío didn't
  • Money and Loyalties flowing after March 10th
  • The Final Withering Away of the Republic
  • The Final Meeting of the Tertulia at 621 Neptuno
  • Were there ever any Good Politicians in Cuba?