Richard Gott

Richard Gott is the author of Cuba: A New History (Yale University Press, 2005); Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution (Verso, 2005); and Guerrilla Movements in Latin America (Seagull Books, new edition, 2007)

Fidel remembered: a view of the Cuban revolution

The unusual circumstances that brought about the Cuban revolution of January 1959, with bearded guerrillas descending from the hills to seize power, and the dramatic arrival on the international stage

By Richard Gott

/ 20 Feb 2008