Vida Clandestina is the first U.S. publication of the dramatic memoir of an important Cuban revolutionary who led a dangerous double life from 1952 to1959. Educated at University of Miami, then a high-ranking manager and engineer for Shell Oil, Enrique Oltuski was also a leader in the urban guerilla 26th of July Movement in Havana and Santa Clara, risking his life to join forces with Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, and working at the highest level of the Cuban government in the forty-three years since.

Vida Clandestina is the first U.S. publication of the dramatic memoir of an important Cuban revolutionary who led a dangerous double life from 1952 to1959. Educated at University of Miami, then a high-ranking manager and engineer for Shell Oil, Enrique Oltuski was also a leader in the urban guerilla 26th of July Movement in Havana and Santa Clara, risking his life to join forces with Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, and working at the highest level of the Cuban government in the forty-three years since.

Foreword Eduardo Torres-Cuevas viiPreface: Why I Wrote This Book xviiA Brief History of Cuba xxiiiMap of Cuba xxxiiiBefore the Plains and the SierraONE Batista's Coup d'État 3TWO First Revolutionary Impulses 15THREE Student in the United States 25FOUR Journey to Latin America 35FIVE Attack on the Moncada Barracks 45SIX Return to Cuba 55SEVEN Revolutionary Quest 63EIGHT Joining the 26th of July Movement 75The PlainsNINE Conspiracy in Havana 89TEN The Civil Resistance Movement 105ELEVEN The Fight in Las Villas 121TWELVE Strike of April 9 139THIRTEEN The Sierra Assumes Command 155Photographs 173The SierraFOURTEEN Che in Las Villas 189FIFTEEN The Sierra Maestra 205After the Plains and the SierraSIXTEEN Batista Flees 229SEVENTEEN Fidel Marches on Havana 239EIGHTEEN Government Minister 253NINETEEN The Revolution Takes Power 267Epilogue 275Glossary 290About the Author 295About the Translators 296Index 297