Publisher's Synopsis
Examining in detail Fidel Castro's prolific output of writings and speeches, this book sets out to show how his ideas reflect the events and issues of his times, and how his words show the impact of this influential leader and custodian of the revolution on Latin American revolutionary thought in particular, and beyond that on Third World revolutionary Marxism in its wider context. The author discusses the European and Latin American intellectual origins of Castro's ideological development, and probes his views on a wide range of central and controversial issues such as capitalism, reolutionary movements, the Cuban-Soviet relationship, and the role of the United States in exacerbating the region's social ills.
