Fidel Castro: Communist or Caudillo

Abstract

Ever since Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, scholars have strived to corroborate how and why he did it and to analyze what his prospects for continuing in power will be. This Individual Study Project attempts to determine how his educational and social backgrounds contributed to his adaptive style of leadership (as a head of state) and whether he became a Communist out of ideological beliefs or for other reasons. It also endeavors to answer specific questions about his political philosophy, his durability as a leader, his humanistic tendencies and his plans for making his revolution work. This MSP concludes with an assessment of Castro's importance to Cuba, present and future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236548

Entities

People

  • John T. Nawrocki

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Communism
  • Communists
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Human Behavior
  • Insurgency
  • Latin America
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Violence
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design