AcknowledgmentsAcronymsIntroduction: The Cuban Revolution and Latin AmericaPart One Revolution in CubaChapter 1Fidel Castro's Road to Power, 1952–1959Chapter 2Cuba: The Making of a RevolutionPart Two The Promise and Threat of Hemispheric RevolutionChapter 3Fidelismo and the Radicalization of Latin American PoliticsChapter 4U.S. Responses to RevolutionPart Three Guerrilla WarfareChapter 5Che's Way: Rural Guerrilla WarfareChapter 6After Che: Urban Guerrilla WarfarePart Four Three Truncated RevolutionsChapter 7The Peruvian Military Revolution, 1968–1975Chapter 8Chile Under Allende, 1970–1973: A Peaceful Road to Socialism?Chapter 9The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979–1990Part Five The ReactionChapter 10State Terrorism in South AmericaChapter 11State Terrorism in Central AmericaPart Six The Continuing Impact of the Cuban RevolutionChapter 12Major Political Trends Since 1990Suggested Further ReadingIndex

Fidel Castro's ascent to power and the revolution he carried out in Cuba not only catalyzed a wave of revolutionary activity; it also set off a wave of reaction that led to widespread military dictatorships and severe repression culminating in state terrorism. Both revolution and reaction were essentially over by 1990, and yet significant long-term effects of the Cuban Revolution can still be seen in the modern era.

Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond covers the events of the Cuban Revolution itself, the resulting radicalization of Latin American politics, the United States' responses to the threat of communist expansion in the hemisphere, and rural and urban guerrilla warfare that were spawned by the Cuban Revolution. It also addresses the very different but incomplete communist revolutions in Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, the rise of state terrorism in response to the threat of revolution, and major developments after 1990. This book provides unique historical insights by bringing together under the umbrella of the impact of the Cuban Revolution developments that otherwise might seem unrelated to each other, thereby documenting the relationship between revolution and reaction.