Ten Days in Harlem

Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s

Simon Hall

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English

Faber & Faber
17 May 2022

History; General & world history; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; History: specific events & topics

"'With its cool judgements and blackly comic sense of irony, Hall's book is a rare pleasure to read.' - Dominic Sandbrook, Literary Review

'Simon Hall has captured this catalytic moment like no one before. Anyone interested in the ""Global Sixties"" must read Ten Days in Harlem.'- Van E. Gosse, Professor and Associate Chair of History, Program Chair of Africana Studies, Franklin & Marshall College
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New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro - champion of the oppressed, scourge of colonialism, and leftist revolutionary - arrives for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His visit to the UN represents a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world stage.

Fidel's shock arrival in Harlem is met with a rapturous reception from the local African American community. He holds court from the iconic Hotel Theresa as a succession of world leaders, black freedom fighters and counter-cultural luminaries - everyone from Nikita Khrushchev to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Malcolm X to Allen Ginsberg - come calling. Then, during his landmark address to the UN General Assembly - one of the longest speeches in the organisation's history - he promotes the politics of anti-imperialism with a fervour, and an audacity, that makes him an icon of the 1960s.

In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade that followed."

By: Simon Hall
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780571353088
ISBN 10: 0571353088
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 17 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Hall studied history at Sheffield and Cambridge, and held a Fox International Fellowship at Yale, before moving to the University of Leeds, where he is currently Professor of Modern History. His previous books include 1956: The World in Revolt (Faber).

Reviews for Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s

Praise for 1956: The World in Revolt Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it. -- Dominic Sandbrook Engrossing ... A CinemaScope epic, packed with detail. -- Daily Telegraph Fast-moving and vivid. Hall is a fluent and unobtrusive narrator. -- Independent A marvellous social history. -- Observer Simon Hall captures Castro's action-packed September 1960 New York sojourn in rich and compelling detail, and argues persuasively that its repercussions echoed deeply in the decade to come. -- New York Journal of Books A highly readable, engaging, astute microhistory of an overlooked event ... a sharply focused study ... illuminating. -- Kirkus STARRED REVIEW Well-researched, compelling, entertaining and at times scarcely believable ... an interesting portrayal of a fiery and transformative time in Cold War history and rich in detail. -- Americas Quarterly A wide-ranging exploration ... Hall's informative, page-turning account captures the cultural and political tumult of the era, and the fervent idealism that made Castro a revolutionary icon. Political history buffs will want to take a look. -- Publishers Weekly With its cool judgements and blackly comic sense of irony, Hall's book is a rare pleasure to read. -- Literary Review