The Yankee Comandante
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Rosa, Doña, 66–67
Ruiz, Publio, 107
Ruiz Flores, Blanca, 180
Rural Guard, 58, 59
attack on Escandel, 70–73
See also Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
S
Sánchez Manduley, Celia, 133, 146
Sánchez Mosquera, Angel, xi, 83
Second Front, 28, 37
air attack on, 87, 88
attack at Escandel, 70, 71–73
attack on camp, 45–48
attack on camp of, 46–48
attack on Cumanayagua, 102–3
attack on Topes de Collantes, 103–5
attack on Trinidad garrison, 88–89, 93–95
attack with Castro forces, 100–102
base in mountains, 43–45
battle at plantation, 61–63
camp in Nuevo Mundo, 66
and Chomón, 78–79
controls Havana, 115–16, 121
escape to outpost, 38
importance of Cienfuegos, 118, 119
meeting with Fidel, 140–41
meeting with Guevara, 122–23
meeting with Raúl and Guevara, 126–27
members of, viii–ix
and Morgan’s arrest, 211–12
Morgan’s plan for, 187
opposition to Communism, 196–97
plot against Castro, 159, 171, 172–74
proposed US tour, 135, 137–38, 139
split between leaders, 38–39
strike teams of, 56
support from farmers, 91
takes Cienfuegos, 110–11, 112–13
takes highway, 109
takes Manicaragua, 106–7
See also specific members of
SIM (secret police). See Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
Smathers, George, 183
Stafford, Leman, Jr., xii
learns of plot, 151–52
report on Morgan case, 178–79
tracks Morgan, 154–55, 156, 159, 162, 164–65
T
Tabernilla Dolz, Francisco, xi, 107
Tagle Babe, Mario A., 227
30th of November Movement, 212
Trafficante, Santo, Jr., 124, 144
Trujillo Molino, Rafael, xi, 136–37, 141
anti-communism of, 179
influence in US of, 182, 183
plot against Castro, 154, 157, 158, 166, 168, 170–74, 175, 177
26th of July Movement, ix–x, 82–83, 85
power of, 121, 125
takes Yaguajay, 107
See also Castro Ruz, Fidel; Castro Ruz, Raúl; Guevara de la Serna, Ernesto “Che”
U
United States
attitude towards Castro, 194–95
concern over Cuban revolution, 4
planned invasion of Cuba, 2
Urrutia Lleó, Manuel, 117
V
Valdia Valdes, Alberto, 148
Varela Castro, Manuel, 116
Vasquez, Felix, 122
Vega, Jaime, 101
Velazco Ordóñez, Ricardo, xi, 172
Ventura Novo, Esteban, 23
W
Walter, Francis, 179, 181–82, 183
Wieland, William, 194
Y
Yaranowsky, Leonard, 10
Z
Zissen, Charlie, 8–9, 11
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Map
Cast of Characters
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Index