About the Author: Robert Taber traveled to Cuba in the late 1950s as a CBS investigative journalist to cover the country’s burgeoning revolutionary movement. He became an eyewitness to history as he marched from the Sierra Maestra to Havana with the ragtag revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, who forced Batista to flee the country.
The author lists six conditions for a successful revolution:
1. Valid popular grievances
2. Sharp social divisions (or ethnic)
3. Unsound or stagnant economy
4. Oppressive or illegitimate government
5. Moral leadership within the guerilla movement
6. A foundation on the truth rather than lies
Review: War of the Flea–The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare
REVOLUTION 2.0 CLOSED 17 May 2011
Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today
Graphic: Pre-Conditions of Revolution
1992 MCU Thinking About Revolution
