The Spirit Of Moncada: Fidel Castro's Rise To Power, 1953 - 1959
CSC 1984 SUBJECT AREA Foreign Policy ABSTRACT Author: BOCKMAN,
Larry James, Major, U.S. Marine Corps Title: The Spirit of
Moncada: Fidel Castro's Rise to Power, 1953-1959 Publisher:
Marine Corps Command and Staff College Date: 1 April 1984 Since
his overthrow of President Batista in 1959, the degree of
influence that Fidel Castro has exercised over worldwide
political and military events has been astounding. His reach has
far exceeded the borders of the tiny island nation he rules. Not
infrequently, great and emerging nations alike have altered
their most diligent strategies in response to the Cuban leader's
interpretation of the world order. How did an obscure, middle-
class lawyer with no military training first rise to such
prominence? The object of this study is to discover the answer
to that question. The essay opens with a brief discussion of
Cuba's geographic, demographic and historic heritages. This is
followed by a section that outlines