Includes index.; Before the plains and the Sierra -- Batista's coup d'état -- First revolutionary impulses -- Student in the United States -- Journey to Latin America -- Attack on the Moncada Barracks -- Return to Cuba -- Revolutionary quest -- Joining the 26th of July Movement -- The plains -- Conspiracy in Havana -- The civil resistance movement -- The fight in Las Villas -- Strike of April 9 -- The Sierra assumes command -- The Sierra -- Che in Las Villas -- The Sierra maestra -- After the plains and the Sierra -- Batista flees -- Fidel marches on Havana -- Government minister -- the revolution takes power.;