Fulgencio Batista: The Making of a Dictator

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F u l g e n c i o b a t i s t a 8 00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page i 00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page ii F u l g e n c i o b at i s ta 8 From Revolutionary to Strongman F A-F     ,  ,   00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page iii A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library All photographs are courtesy of Fulgencio Rubén Batista Godínez, private collection, Coral Gables, Florida. Copyright ©  by Frank Argote-Freyre All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press,  Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ –. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Argote-Freyre, Frank. Fulgencio Batista / Frank Argote-Freyre. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. -: ---- (hardcover : alk. paper) -: ---- (pbk. : alk. paper) . Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, –. . Cuba— History—–. . Presidents—Cuba—Biography. I. Title. ..  .´—dc  00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page iv For Pita and Mom, my first inspirations. For my wife, Caridad, my inspiration of today. For my children, Amanda and Andrew, my greatest inspirations. 00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page v 00front.qxd 2/26/2006 7:18 AM Page vi ...