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1/15/2013 10 Comments Do you want to know the rest of the story? Show me you're interested. Read Rebels on the MountainSOME OF MY REGULAR blog followers have complained privately. Why didn't I finish the story of Fidel Castro's revolution? Why did I stop telling the story in my blog leaving Fidel and his small band of poorly armed, poorly supplied, and poorly led rebels surrounded on a mountaintop in Eastern Cuba? How did he defeat a modern, well-equipped, and well-trained army of 40,000 with fewer than 300 Fidelistas? How did he accomplish this amazing feat in just two years? It sounds eerily similar to the story of 300 Spartans almost defeating the Persian hordes at Thermopylae, doesn't it? What is the rest of the story? The truth is that I've already told the rest of the story in my novel Rebels on the Mountain. I've used this blog to provide readers with the background story of Cuba, from pre-Columbian Times until the year when Castro and his men arrived from Mexico on the motor yacht Granma. It's all here. I will soon collect these postings into a single volume. I'll let you know when it's available.
Rebels on the Mountain is as historically accurate as I could possibly make it. Still, it is a work of fiction. Too much of the history is lost in hyperbole and propaganda. Also, I used fictional characters to provide readers with a point of view and help explain the events that occurred during Castro's revolution. I have not yet decided whether or not to write a sequel to Rebels on the Mountain to help people understand what happened to Castro after the revolution. How did he transform from a spirited rebel leader into a tyrannical dictator? How did he become an enemy of America? Why did President Eisenhower refuse to meet with him? Why did President Kennedy authorize and then repudiate the Bay of Pigs invasion? I would love to understand how Ernesto Che Guevara became a popular icon when, in fact, he was Castro's murderous executioner until even Fidel could no longer stomach him. That will remain a mystery. However, it is no mystery as to why Castro continued to promote Che as a hero of the revolution. Would you like to know why? That story will be easy to tell if I decide to tell it. What will inspire me? Demand. Your demand. Read Rebels on the Mountain. Then I will know that you really want to hear the rest of the story.
10 Comments
1/15/2013 05:24:50 pm
Castro's army had the will to win and a mythology was established to perpetuate the regime. Not that everyone believed it, but it was best that they at least pretended to believe it. I don't know much about the history of the Cuban revolution, but I used to find the propaganda programs Radio Havana broadcast back in the late 60's to be rather fascinating, if not necessarily filled with truth.
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Jack Durish
1/16/2013 03:34:52 am
I see your plan. Get me paying attention to my own blog so I leave your's alone?
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1/16/2013 03:41:16 am
So true. Words will always be more dangerous than guns when it comes to controlling people. 1/16/2013 03:41:29 am
So true. Words will always be more dangerous than guns when it comes to controlling people. 1/16/2013 03:41:46 am
So true. Words will always be more dangerous than guns when it comes to controlling people. 1/16/2013 03:41:53 am
So true. Words will always be more dangerous than guns when it comes to controlling people. 1/15/2013 07:05:17 pm
JACK ~
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Jack Durish
1/16/2013 03:29:56 am
Glad to have you and your comments. Although I won't be posting as actively as in the past couple of years, there is plenty to read while I work on my next novel.
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1/15/2013 11:07:19 pm
Consider yourself inspired. I'm demanding. I want to read the rest. As I've said, there is a great mystique around Cuba and Castro. Don't leave us hanging.
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Jack Durish
1/16/2013 03:31:48 am
I really appreciate your support, but I don't think interest in Cuba will be significant until Castro dies (which may not be long in coming). Until then, another story has come to life in my head, one that I've had on the back burner for a couple of decades. It is consuming all of my attention.
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