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# Marianas in Combat: Tete Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon in Cuba's Revolutionary War 1956-58 Paperback – January 1, 2003

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- **What is this?** Marianas in Combat: Tete Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon in Cuba's Revolutionary War 1956-58 Paperback – January 1, 2003 by teté puebla
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## Customer Reviews

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    Five Stars
  

*by A***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018*

Nice books

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    Read with care
  

*by L***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2005*

The good thing about this book is the details offered about Castro's interventions all over the world; however the reader must exercise great caution since the book is unabashedly partisan and these very same details are distorted to support the Castro message, and malign his enemies.  Interestingly enough the details of the war in Cuba support my memories of those events, although "battles" is mistranslated to describe all military actions however small.  Cowardice of the Marianas reported by such as Norberto Fuentes (see below), and is not consistent with my memories that recall these women as being irrationally brave, but such is the fog of war.  On the other hand Puebla portrays a courageous Castro an exaggeration of reality, since his caution and discrete retirement from the battle field is legendary.Fuentes, Norberto 2004 La Autobiografia de Fidel Castro (Paperback). Destino Ediciones, Barcelona ISBN: 9707490012 pp. 852-853.

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    Interview with Cuban woman general
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2003*

This is an interview with Brigadier General Teté Puebla, the highest-ranking female officer of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. The interview is conducted by Mary-Alice Waters, the president of Pathfinder Press.  In the exchange with the interviewer Teté tells the story of her experiences in the Cuban revolutionary war. And the story she tells indicates a great deal about how the Cuban revolution, from its earliest days, tried to promote the emancipation of women from their subjugated condition.  Teté's struggle began in 1956, not as a fight for the rights of women, but as a fight for the most basic rights of her community in the town of Yara in Eastern Cuba under siege by Batista's thugs. Once the rebel band led by Fidel Castro was established in the area, Teté began running errands for them, smuggling guns and supplies.  Discovered by the army's agents, she was forced to flee to the Sierra in July 1957. She was integrated into the guerrilla army in a support capacity. As a resourceful and courageous fighter, she soon came to grips with the fact that there was no women's combat unit. So she volunteered to form one. Fidel agreed, and thus was born the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon (the Marianas). The young women fighters went into combat together with the men, and, in addition to demonstrating their bravery and marksmanship, laid the foundation stone for a new kind of society in Cuba.  The new Cuba was born with men and women fighting side by side on an equal basis to liberate Cuba from the misery imposed upon it by the colossus to the north. This egalitarian principle, laid down in battle as a norm of action, became a model for the new society as it developed.  After the January 1959 victory Teté developed her leadership capacities further, working in the process of developing new education systems and social services that made women's equality not just a legal principle, but a practical reality in everyday life. She remains a soldier in Cuba's revolutionary army.

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