After years of spying for successive British governments, GG
retained a fascination with reforming strong men. During the Cuban revolution of 1959 he favoured its leader, Fidel Castro
. He was also an admirer of...
Textual Features
Alice Walker
First among the acknowledgements stands the name of AW
's forebear May Poole
, who lived under slavery and reportedly died at the age of a hundred and twenty-five.
Walker, Alice. Anything We Love Can Be Saved. Random House, 1997.
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The volume's strong element of...
Timeline
18 April 1955: The Asian-African Conference opened at Bandung...
National or international item
18 April 1955
The Asian-African Conference opened at Bandung in Indonesia: a historic summit of non-aligned nations.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(21 April 1955): x
Westad, O. A. “The Project”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 2, 24 Jan. 2008, pp. 30-1.
30
Early January 1959: Fidel Castro overthrew the Batista government...
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Early January 1959
Fidel Castro
overthrew the Batista
government in Cuba; he remained in power beyond the end of the century.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
3 January 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban leader...
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3 January 1962
Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban leader Fidel Castro
. This was in keeping with the Roman Catholic Church
's decree against its members joining communist organizations.
“Timeline: 1962”. Macrohistory and World Report.
“The Vatican”. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online: The Encyclopedia of World History.
3-15 January 1966: Fidel Castro's Tricontinental Conference...
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3-15 January 1966
Fidel Castro
's Tricontinental Conference held in Havana, Cuba, resulted in the formation of the Cuban Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL).
Blight, James G., and Philip Brenner. Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba’s Struggle with the Russians After the Missile Crisis. Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
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19 February 2008: Fidel Castro, one of the world's longest-serving...
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19 February 2008
Fidel Castro
, one of the world's longest-serving leaders and a key figure in the Cold War, stepped down as Cuban leader after forty-nine years in power.
“Castro steps down as Cuban leader”. BBC News, 19 Feb. 2008.