This book opens a unique and pivotal avenue for understanding the Cuban Revolution and the international dynamics that made it possible. Resting on a rich set of overlooked Cuban sources (records from the Servicio de Inteligencia Militar held in the archives of the Instituto de Historia de Cuba and Cuba's foreign ministry), Nicolás Prados Ortiz de Solórzano's book provides a tremendous contribution to disentangling Cuba's hemispheric scenario in the 1950s, without which Fidel Castro would have not been able to attain power. The book compellingly regards as a core (and the most underestimated) reason of revolutionary success the rebels' attachment to a larger Latin American framework favorable to democratic change.
Embracing a much-needed transnational approach, this volume resurrects the crucial role of the Caribbean Legion, a group of exiles and activists who gathered in the 1940s with the hope of deposing the clique of Caribbean dictators. Contrary to previous studies...
