...David Bushnell Copyright 2008 by Duke University Press 2008 Neill Macaulay, who died in late October 2007 at his home in Micanopy, Florida, arrived at the profession of Latin American historian by a somewhat unconventional course. After undergraduate study at The Citadel in his native South...

...Neill Macaulay This book is not a successful critique of Fidelista guerrilla doctrine. It is mostly a collection of random notes on recent insurrections in Latin America. There is no systematic analysis, no methodical examination of source material or secondary literature. The text is strewn...

...Neill Macaulay Farber sees Fidel Castro as “an unquestionable tactical genius” (p. 40) whose tactics “have enabled him to manipulate and deceive his working-class and peasant supporters.” The author classifies Fidel’s politics at the outset of the revolution as “populist caudillismo, detached...

...Neill Macaulay Hodges likes Gramsci’s definition of ideology as “philosophical vulgarizations that lead the masses to concrete action, to the transformation of reality” (p. 182). He goes beyond ideology in this remarkably thorough and clear assessment of the Nicaragua-based liberation movement...

...Neill Macaulay Conrad’s translation of these personal and official letters, political manifestos, military communiqués, and interviews is smooth and generally excellent, skillfully conveying the flavor of the author’s prose, at once hyperbolic and shrewd. One of Conrad’s few missteps...

...Neill Macaulay The book’s main problem lies in the author’s attempt to force Brazilian history into an outdated, Eurocentric mold. The ideas that “the nation-state first took form in Europe” and that the United States was “the first new nation” (p. 4) lack the general acceptance today...

...Neill Macaulay The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories . By Viotti Da Costa Emilia . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1985 . Figures. Notes. Index . Pp. xxv , 287 . Cloth. $29.00 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press 1987 This is basically a translation...

...Neill Macaulay * The author is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida. Copyright 1966 by Duke University Press 1966 T he United States Marine Corps maintains a great deal of archival material relating to Latin America, and the personnel of its Historical Branch can...

...Neill Macaulay The Last Night of General Augusto C. Sandino . By Grijalva Domingo Ibarra . Translated by Bonitz Gloria . Introduction by Monje Osvaldo . New York , 1973 . Vantage Press . Illustrations . Pp. 256 . Cloth. $6.95 . Copyright 1973 by Duke University...

...Neill Macaulay The Great Rebel: Che Guevara in Bolivia . By González Luis J. and Sánchez Salazar Gustavo A. . New York , 1969 . Grove Press . Illustrations. Map. Appendices . Pp. 254 . $7.95 . “Che” Guevara on Revolution. A Documentary Overview . Edited...

...Neill Macaulay Great Guerrilla Warriors . By Beals Carleton . Englewood Cliffs , 1970 . Prentice-Hall . Index . Pp. 246 . $7.95 . Copyright 1970 by Duke University Press 1970 Carleton Beals—journalist, novelist, historian—began writing when Jack London and John Reed...

...Neill Macaulay By the end of 1958 the rebel army had emerged as a unique and irresistible force in Cuba. The underground fighters of the cities had been as brave as those of the mountains, but they had not sacrificed as much; and they lacked the unity and discipline of the fidelista guerrillas...

...Neill Macaulay El Che Guevara . By Gambini Hugo . Buenos Aires , 1968 . Editorial Paidos . Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 532 . Paper. $2.75 . My Friend Ché . By Rojo Ricardo . Translated by Casart Julian . New York , 1968 . Dial Press...

...Neill Macaulay The Winds of December . By Dorschner John and Fabricio Roeerto . East Rutherford, N.J. : Coward, McCann and Geoghegan Publishers , 1980 . Map. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 552 . Cloth. $15.95 . Copyright 1981 by Duke University Press...

...Neill Macaulay 18 In Vietnam in the 1960s, counterinsurgency specialists theorized that government forces needed a ten-to-one numerical advantage in order to prevail over guerrillas. W. G. Leftwich, “An Afternoon with Bernard Fall,” Marine Corps Gazette , 53 (Feb. 1969), p. 27. 17...

...Neill Macaulay The Marxism of Régis Debray: Between Lenin and Guevara . By Ramm Hartmut . Lawrence , 1978 . The Regents Press of Kansas . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xi , 240 . Cloth. $13.50 . Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 “On January 1, 1959, Fidel...

...Neill Macaulay Crouch’s account is drawn largely from Funston’s papers and other North American sources. The author seems to accept the point of view of his sources; thus, Pershing is said to have “successfully” invaded Mexico (p. 7) and, more illogically, the adjective “turncoat” is applied...

...Neill Macaulay A corte no exílio: Civilização e poder no Brasilás vésperas da independência (1808 a 1821) . By Malerba Jurandir . São Paulo : Companhia das Letras , 2000 . Plates. Illustration. Appendix. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . 412 pp. Paper . Copyright 2005...

...Neill Macaulay Professor Dodd’s well-conceived and insightful case study is solidly based on primary sources. He utilizes not only the pertinent records of the governments in Managua and Washington but also draws on his own interviews, dating from the 1960s, with key Nicaraguan figures...