From Revolutionary to Strongman
Author:  Frank Argote-Freyre
This book, the first of two volumes, focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader and his image as a "strongman" in the years between 1933 and 1939.  Background information provides glimpses of his impoverished childhood, military career, seizure of control over the Cuban army in 1933 and his rule behind a series of weak civilian governments. 
Hardcover, 10" x 6", 388 pages, black and white photos and illustrations.