One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution (75 page)

terrorism used by,
234

Ugando, Miguel,
410
–11

Ugando, Pedro,
352
–53

United Nations,
363
–67,
426
–28,
427

United States: assassination attempts against Fidel by,
279
,
352

Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by,
371
–73

demonstrations against,
212
–13

embargo of Cuba by,
370

Fidel and Celia in,
333
,
334
–35

Fidel on war with,
277
–78

immigration of Cubans to,
383
–85

Masó Márquez on,
101

weapons sent to Batista by,
188

weapons stolen from,
200

Urrutia, Manuel,
325

Uvero (Cuba), Battle of,
183
–88,
187

Valdes, Leonardo,
311

Valdes, Ramiro,
117

at Celia’s funeral,
437

at fiftieth anniversary celebration,
124

Valera, Orestes,
302

Vallejo, René,
79
,
114
,
140
,
341

Vallhonrat, Francisco,
213
–14

Vásquez, Alberto,
160

Vásquez, Carmen,
346
–48,
409

Vásquez, Lalo,
103

in Niquero,
83
,
84
,
87
–90,
93
,
96
,
97
,
120

Vásquez, Lascos,
114

Vásquez Ocaña, Carmen,
63
,
69
–70,
77

Vega, Tato,
113

Vega, Zoilo Pérez (Varón),
112
–13

Venezuela,
331

Ventura, Estéban,
308
–9,
311

Verdecia, Eugenia (Gena),
118
–19,
125

Vexel-Robertson, Lidia,
335
,
354

Victor,
416
–17

marries Eugenia Palomares,
430
,
432
,
433

Vila, Lisette,
287

Villegas, Lucy,
413

Vistel, Floro,
193

Walker, Alice,
9
–14

women: in all-women’s combat units,
307
,
313

as cigar rollers,
400

in Cuba after Revolution,
344
,
345
,
348

at funerals,
193

Walker on,
12

Woods, Love B.,
363

X, Malcolm,
364

Zamora, Felix,
297
–300

Zapata Swamp (Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba),
339
–40,
340
,
341
,
342
–43

Zayas Ochoa, Alfonso,
280

Zeckendorf, William,
364

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alice Walker

Preface

Map

PART I / PILÓN

1. December 1955, A Tap on the Shoulder

2. January 6, 1956, Planning the Landing

3. January 1956, Frank País

4. February–June 1956, A Change of Strategy

5. June and October 1956, Final Plans

6. October and November 1956, The Last Five Days of November

7. December 2, 1956, The Arrival of the Granma

8. December 3–5, 1956, Felipe Guerra Matos

9. December 5–16, 1956, The Farmers’ Militia

10. December 18, 1956, How Many Guns?

11. January 1957, The Dove and the Zebra

12. January 7–February 15, 1957, The Traitor

13. February 16 and 17, 1957, The Meeting in the Mountains

14. February–March 1956, The Marabuzal

PART II / MANZANILLO

15. March, April, and May 1957, Clandestinos

16. May 28, 1957, Battle of Uvero

17. July 2, 1957, Thanks to Moran

18. July 12, 1957, The Manifesto

19. July 31, 1957, The End of an Era

20. August 1957, After Frank

21. September 5, 1957, The Maps

22. September 1957, Chaos

PART III / SIERRA MAESTRA

23. October 17, 1957, Celia Leaves the Underground

24. January–June 1958, Planning War

25. June–July 1958, The War

26. The House that Celia Built

27. August 1958, Mariana Grajales

28. September 1958, Lydia and Clodomira

29. November 1958, The Triumph

PART IV / HAVANA

30. January 1959, Arrival in Havana

31. See the Revolution

32. The Urban Comandancia and the Zapata Swamp Resort

33. Turning Havana into Pilón

34. 1960–1961, the United Nations

35. 1961–1963, the Bay of Pigs Invasion

36. 1964, the Archives

37. The Florida Story

38. Havana 1965–1970, the Household and the Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor

39. The 1970s, the Kids, Lenin Park

40. Life at Once

41. September–December 1979, Two World Meetings and a Wedding

42. January 11, 1980, the Country Is in Mourning

Acknowledgments

Writings about Celia Sánchez Manduley

Select Bibliography/Further Reading

Index