Description: In this extensively researched book, Anna Clayfield challenges contemporary Western views on the militarization of Cuba. She argues that, while the pervasiveness of armed forces in revolutionary Cuba is hard to refute, it is the guerrilla legacy, ethos, and image--guerrillerismo--that has helped the Cuban revolutionary project survive. The veneration of the guerrilla fighter has been crucial to the political culture's underdog mentality.
Brief description: Anna Clayfield is a lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Chester.