{"product_id":"9783836529983","title":"Fidel Castro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe real Fidel: A unique and telling portrait of Cuba and its enigmatic leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Holds many surprises for the reader who has seen the Cuban reality...only through the distorting prism of propaganda.”\u003c\/b\u003e—The \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e Book Review, 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cb\u003eDecember 31, 1958\u003c\/b\u003e, Lee Lockwood, then a young photojournalist, went to Cuba to cover what looked to be the end of Batista’s regime. He arrived the day before Fidel Castro took power and spent a week canvassing the island before finally coming into contact with the victorious leader. Castro immediately took to Lockwood and over the next decade invited him back many times, granting him \u003cb\u003especial access to his inner circle\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efree reign to explore the island\u003c\/b\u003e without the usual restrictions imposed upon American journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965 Castro granted Lockwood a \u003cb\u003erare, in-depth interview\u003c\/b\u003e but then to missed appointment after appointment. Days turned into weeks turned into three interminable months, as Lockwood, like many journalists before and since, waited for Castro. But it was worth the anticipation, climaxing in a \u003cb\u003emarathon seven-day interview\u003c\/b\u003e that covered everything from \u003cb\u003eracial issues in America to the Cuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e. It remains to this day one of the \u003cb\u003emost penetrating portraits of the Cuban leader\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1967, Lockwood’s interviews and observations are now republished by TASCHEN alongside \u003cb\u003ehundreds of photographs\u003c\/b\u003e covering both the weeks Lockwood spent traveling with Castro and the years he documented Cuba’s transformation throughout the ‘60s. From \u003cb\u003emilitary encampments in the Sierra Maestra Mountains to Havana street life and political rallies\u003c\/b\u003e, many of these color images have \u003cb\u003enever been published before\u003c\/b\u003e. A foreword and afterword by \u003cb\u003eLatin America expert Saul Landau\u003c\/b\u003e contextualize Lockwood’s work at a moment in history when U.S.-Cuba relations once again take center stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052525469936,"sku":"9783836529983","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836529983_p0.jpg?v=1763759541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836529983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}