Our history is still being written
Subtitle: the story of three Chinese Cuban generals in the Cuban Revolution
By: Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, Moisés Sío Wong
Contributors: Choy, Armando, 1934-; Chui, Gustavo, 1938- author; Sío Wong, Moisés, 1938- author
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Pathfinder
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781604881028
Subjects: Interviews; Generals; History; Chinese; Cuban Participation
Work titles: Nuestra historia aún se está escribiendo
Description: "Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, and Moisés Sío Wong--three young rebels of Chinese-Cuban ancestry--threw themselves into the great proletarian battle that defined their generation. They became combatants in the clandestine struggle and 1956-58 revolutionary war that brought down a U.S.-backed dictatorship and opened the door to the socialist revolution in the Americas. Each became a general in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. Here they talk about the historic place of Chinese immigration to Cuba, as well as more than five decades of revolutionary action and internationalism, from Cuba to Angola, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Through their stories the social and political forces that gave birth to the Cuban nation and still shape our epoch unfold. We see how millions of ordinary men and women like them changed the course of history, becoming different human beings in the process."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'The difference is a socialist revolution': Chinese in Cuba. Three revolutionaries ; Chinese in Cuba; title: Strengthening the revoultion. Cuba's internationalist mission to Angola, 1975-91 ; War of the entire people; title: The special period and beyond. Facing the food crisis ; Capitalism, socialism, and the environment ; Cuba, Venezuela, and Latin America ; The battle of ideas.