Kruijt is clearly a marvellous interviewer ... [and] has provided us here with a valuable source of material to supplement the available texts and, more importantly, to get some idea of the motivations of the participants.

E-International Relations

The first major work to look at the Cuban revolution's influence on a range of liberation movements that surged across the continent-and farther afield-through the 1960s, '70s and '80s. Its meticulous research and vibrant interviews make for a comprehensive picture … This book accomplishes something few others do … a complex story in clear and accessible prose.

European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This book is a gem. Kruijt's unique talent for getting into radicals' minds and motivations gives us a wonderfully honest and eloquent testimony to Cuba's historic relationship with the Latin American left, past and present.

Antoni Kapcia, author of Leadership in the Cuban Revolution