{"product_id":"without-fidel-9781416551522","title":"Without Fidel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning reporter and go-to source on Cuban-Miami politics Ann Louise Bardach comes a riveting, eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death and marathon finale, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raúl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnn Louise Bardach offers a spellbinding chronicle of the Havana-Washington political showdown, drawing on nearly two decades of reporting and countless interviews with everyone from the \u003ci\u003eComandante\u003c\/i\u003e himself, his co-ruler and brother Raúl, and other family members, to ordinary Cubans as well as officials and politicos in Miami, Havana, and Washington. The result is an unforgettable dual portrait of Fidel and Raúl Castro\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003earguably the most successful and enduring political brother team in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1959, Fidel Castro has been the supreme leader of Cuba, deftly checkmating his foes, both from within and abroad; confronting eleven American presidents; and outfoxing dozens of assassination attempts, vanquished only by collapsing health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs night descends on Castro's extraordinary fifty-year reign, Miami, Havana, and Washington are abuzz with anxious questions: What led to the lightning-bolt purge of key Cuban officials in March 2009? Who will be Raúl's heir? Will the U.S. embargo end? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBardach offers profound and surprising answers to these questions as she meticulously chronicles Castro's protracted farewell and assesses his transformative impact on the world stage and the complex legacy that will long outlive him. She reports from three distinct vantage points: In Miami, where more than one million Cubans have fled, she interviews scores of exiles including Castro's would-be assassins Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles; in Washington, DC, she reports on the Obama administration's struggle to formulate a post-Castro strategy; in Havana she permeates the bubble around the fiercely private and officially retired Castro to ascertain the extent of his undisclosed medical condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBardach delivers a compelling meditation on one of the most controversial, combative, and charismatic rulers in history. \u003ci\u003eWithout Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e includes never-before-published reporting on Castro, his family, and his half-century grip on the largest country in the Caribbean while assessing how his departure will forever transform politics and policy in the Western Hemisphere\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Louise Bardach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416551522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Louise Bardach is a PEN award-winning investigative journalist who has covered Cuba for fifteen years for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other national publications. She is the author\u003ci\u003e Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana\u003c\/i\u003e and is the editor of The\u003ci\u003e Prison Letters of Fidel Castro\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Cuba: A Travelers Literary Companion\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches International Journalism at the University of California at Santa Barbara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45470416240755,"sku":"9781416551522","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_135614b1-3b35-4799-9feb-0f1eb0508f97.jpg?v=1789047541","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/without-fidel-9781416551522","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}