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Fidel Castro is perhaps the most charismatic and controversial

head of state in modern times. A dictatorial pariah to some, he has

become a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor,

defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba

over nearly half a century.

Numerous attempts have been made to get Castro to tell his own

story. But only now, in the twilight of his years, has he been

prepared to set out the details of his remarkable biography for the

world to read. This book is nothing less than his living testament.

As he told reporters, his desire to finish checking its text was

the one thing that kept him going through his recent illness. He

presented a copy of the book in its Spanish edition to his compadre

President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.

In these pages, Castro narrates a compelling chronicle that

spans the harshness of his elementary school teachers; the early

failures of the revolution; his intense comradeship with Che

Guevara and their astonishing, against-all-odds victory over the

dictator Batista; the Cuban perspective on the Bay of Pigs and the

ensuing missile crisis; the active role of Cuba in African

independence movements (especially its large military involvement

in fighting apartheid South Africa in Angola); his relations with

prominent public figures such as Boris Yeltsin, Pope John Paul II,

and Saddam Hussein; and his dealings with no less than ten

successive American presidents, from Eisenhower to George W.

Bush.

Castro talks proudly of increasing life expectancy in Cuba (now

longer than in the United States); of the half million students in

Cuban universities; and of the training of seventy thousand Cuban

doctors nearly half of whom work abroad, assisting the poor in

Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He is confronted with a number of

thorny issues, including democracy and human rights, discrimination

toward homosexuals, and the continuing presence of the death

penalty on Cuban statute books. Along the way he shares intimacies

about more personal matters: the benevolent strictness of his

father, his successful attempt to give up cigars, his love of

Ernest Hemingway's novels, and his calculation that by not shaving

he saves up to ten working days each year.

Drawing on more than one hundred hours of interviews with

Ignacio Ramonet, a knowledgeable and trusted interlocutor, this

spoken autobiography will stand as the definitive record of an

extraordinary life lived in turbulent times.

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Fidel Castro is perhaps the most charismatic and controversial head of state in modern times. A dictatorial pariah to some, he has become a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba over nearly half a century. Numerous attempts have been made to get Castro to tell his own story. But only now, in the twilight of his years, has he been prepared to set out the details of his remarkable biography for the world to read. This book is nothing less than his living testament. As he told reporters, his desire to finish checking its text was the one thing that kept him going through his recent illness. He presented a copy of the book in its Spanish edition to his compadre President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. In these pages, Castro narrates a compelling chronicle that spans the harshness of his elementary school teachers; the early failures of the revolution; his intense comradeship with Che Guevara and their astonishing, against-all-odds victory over the dictator Batista; the Cuban perspective on the Bay of Pigs and the ensuing missile crisis; the active role of Cuba in African independence movements (especially its large military involvement in fighting apartheid South Africa in Angola); his relations with prominent public figures such as Boris Yeltsin, Pope John Paul II, and Saddam Hussein; and his dealings with no less than ten successive American presidents, from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. Castro talks proudly of increasing life expectancy in Cuba (now longer than in the United States); of the half million students in Cuban universities; and of the training of seventy thousand Cuban doctors nearly half of whom work abroad, assisting the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He is confronted with a number of thorny issues, including democracy and human rights, discrimination toward homosexuals, and the continuing presence of the death penalty on Cuban statute books. Along the way he shares intimacies about more personal matters: the benevolent strictness of his father, his successful attempt to give up cigars, his love of Ernest Hemingway's novels, and his calculation that by not shaving he saves up to ten working days each year. Drawing on more than one hundred hours of interviews with Ignacio Ramonet, a knowledgeable and trusted interlocutor, this spoken autobiography will stand as the definitive record of an extraordinary life lived in turbulent times.