{"product_id":"ten-days-in-harlem-9780571353088","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHall, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Simon Hall studied history at Sheffield and Cambridge, and held a Fox International Fellowship at Yale, before moving to the University of Leeds, where he is currently Professor of Modern History. His previous books include \u003ci\u003e1956: The World in Revolt \u003c\/i\u003e(Faber).","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529265090834,"sku":"9780571353088","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea962e3e-3e19-43f2-afed-1f279e40f7ed.jpg?v=1731343834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ten-days-in-harlem-9780571353088","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}