Halperin offers an insider's perspective on the Cuban economy and reconsiders Castro's dominant role in Cuban life. This is an important assessment that joins other recent reports as a continuing indictment of the Cuban experiment.
--Library Journal (starred review)— -

Maurice Halperin knew Fidel and Che then--and he continues to understand them now. No other observer and no other book can give you a better idea of how the Cuban Revolution, the inspiration and prototype for so many revolutions of our age, finally came out. The way it was and the way it is: it's all here.
--Georgie Anne Geyer, Political correspondent and author of Guerilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro— -

Halperin offers an insider's perspective on the Cuban economy and reconsiders Castro's dominant role in Cuban life. This is an important assessment that joins other recent reports as a continuing indictment of the Cuban experiment.
--Library Journal (starred review)— -

Maurice Halperin knew Fidel and Che then--and he continues to understand them now. No other observer and no other book can give you a better idea of how the Cuban Revolution, the inspiration and prototype for so many revolutions of our age, finally came out. The way it was and the way it is: it's all here.
--Georgie Anne Geyer, Political correspondent and author of Guerilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro— -