{"product_id":"ten-days-in-harlem","title":"Ten Days in Harlem","description":"\u003cb\u003eRising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hall has captured this catalytic moment like no one before. Anyone interested in the \"Global Sixties\" must read Ten Days in Harlem.\" \u003cb\u003eVan E. Gosse\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of History, Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro - champion of the oppressed, scourge of colonialism, and leftist revolutionary - arrives for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His visit to the UN represents a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fidel's shock arrival in Harlem is met with a rapturous reception from the local African American community. He holds court from the iconic Hotel Theresa as a succession of world leaders, black freedom fighters and counter-cultural luminaries - everyone from Nikita Khrushchev to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Malcolm X to Allen Ginsberg - come calling. Then, during his landmark address to the UN General Assembly - one of the longest speeches in the organisation's history - he promotes the politics of anti-imperialism with a fervour, and an audacity, that makes him an icon of the 1960s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade that followed.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135200575540,"sku":"9780571353088","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_5ae31f02-6125-4ca9-a93a-823b90089092.jpg?v=1759070527","url":"https:\/\/worldcaribbeanbooks.com\/products\/ten-days-in-harlem","provider":"World Caribbean Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}