Authors biographies
Foreword by Jack Barnes
Publisher's note

They cannot forgive us because we made a socialist revolution right under their very nose
            Fidel Castro
            Statement to the people of Cuba, April 15, 1961
            Speech to ceremony honoring those killed in imperialist assault on Cuban airfields, April 16, 1961

Imperialism has always been our great teacher
            Ernesto Che Guevara: Concluding words of speech in Pinar del Río, April 15, 1961
            Raúl Castro: Call to arms broadcast to the people of Oriente province, April 15, 1961

War communiqués to the Cuban people and the peoples of the world
            April 17-19, 1961

The Cuban people, rifles in hand, were convinced of their cause
            José Ramón Fernández
            Testimony before the Provincial People's Court of the City of Havana, July 12, 1999
            Maps and charts

Imperialism relied on cannons and tanks, we began with a revolutionary people
            Fidel Castro
            Report to the Cuban people on the victory at Playa Girón, April 23, 1961

If Mr. Kennedy does not like socialism, well, we do not like imperialism!
            Fidel Castro
            Speech to Havana May Day rally, May 1, 1961

Appendix 1: Cuban revolutionary ground forces in the battle of Playa Girón
Appendix 2: Brigade 2506 military power

            Chronology
            Glossary
            Further reading
            Index

            MAPS

            Cuba and the Caribbean
            Southern Las Villas Province
            Zapata Swamp and the Bay of Pigs

5 juillet 2001