{"product_id":"fighting-over-fidel-rafael-rojas-9780691169514","title":"Fighting Over Fidel: The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War--and the Cuban Revolution. \u003ci\u003eFighting over Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York intellectuals who championed and opposed Castro's revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSetting his narrative against the backdrop of the ideological confrontation of the Cold War and the breakdown of relations between Washington and Havana, Rafael Rojas examines the lives and writings of such figures as Waldo Frank, Carleton Beals, C. Wright Mills, Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, Eldridge Cleaver, Stokely Carmichael, and Jose Yglesias. He describes how Castro's Cuba was hotly debated in publications such as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, and how Cuban socialism became a rallying cry for groups such as the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the Hispanic Left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting over Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e shows how intellectuals in New York interpreted and wrote about the Cuban experience, and how the Left's enthusiastic embrace of Castro's revolution ended in bitter disappointment by the close of the explosive decade of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafael Rojas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691169519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691169514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Rafael Rojas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925624488191,"sku":"9780691169514","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ae37e90f-1f28-4390-967d-f4fecec6be45.jpg?v=1681078377","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fighting-over-fidel-rafael-rojas-9780691169514","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}