Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
by Alex von Tunzelmann
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McClelland & Stewart, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An unmarked copy- During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the United States and the USSR acted out the world's tensions in the Caribbean, using Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets. What neither superpower bargained on was that their puppets would come to life. Red Heat tells the gripping story of the men responsible for this rude surprise, including, from Cuba, the charismatic Fidel Castro and his mysterious brother Raúl; from Argentina, the ideologue Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, the capricious psychopath Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, a buttoned-down doctor with interests in Vodou, embezzlement, and torture. How did this handful of men, armed with little but words and ruthlessness, capture the world's attention during the 1950s and 60s? Alex von Tunzelmann shows her storytelling prowess yet again in a riveting narrative of clashing ideologies, the politics of fear, the machinations of superpowers, and - above all - the brazen daring of the mavericks who took them on.
Synopsis
ALEX VON TUNZELMANN is the author of Indian Summer . She was educated at Oxford and has written for the Guardian , the New York Times , and the Daily Beast . She has also contributed research to books as diverse as The Political Animal by Jeremy Paxman and Not on the Label by Felicity Lawrence. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
- Author
- Alex von Tunzelmann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771087357
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087356
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 464
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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