Fidel Castro
Liss, Sheldon B. Roots of Revolution: Radical thought in Cuba. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987,

The document that I chose is the picture of Fidel Castro and his band of revolutionaries at a secret camp somewhere in Cuba. The picture was taken in 1957, on January 1st 1959 Castro and his army took over the authoritarian government of Fulgencio Batista. In the picture all the men are holding rifles and look like they have been fighting in their Guerilla warfare style. Guerilla warfare is where you use your surroundings to your advantage. It often uses sneak attacks, ambushes, hit and run tactics and is known to be extremely brutal. Guerilla warfare does not require a big well trained army, which works to Castro's advantage because it allowed him to arm the peasants who were fighting for revolution.
January 1st 1959 is one of the most important days in Cuba's history and has had substantial effects on many other countries. When Castro......

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