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Article: Castro: Two views // Authors' different perspectives yield similar conclusions
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 2, 1986
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FidelA Critical Portrait. By Tad Szulc. Morrow. $19.95.
FidelA Biography of Fidel Castro. By Peter G. Bourne. Dodd, Mead.
$18.95.
Here are two accounts of Fidel Castro from two different
perspectives, yet both reach many common conclusions. Although both
books are critical, each argues that Castro is an unorthodox
communist deeply imbued with nationalistic fervor. Both also see him
as less of a threat to the U.S. than is generally pictured.
Tad Szulc is a well-known American newsman, diligent and
skeptical, who is an expert on Latin America. His book is the
result of two years of investigation, including many hours of
free-flowing interviews with Castro. Peter Bourne is a ...