Table of Contents
Prologue: Fidelmania 1
Part 1 The Cuban "Madness"
Chapter 1 DIY Revolution 11
Chapter 2 The Curse of San Juan Hill 22
Chapter 3 Fulgencio Venus Fidel 31
Chapter 4 The Misfire Heard Around the World 42
Chapter 5 Island of Lost Souls 58
Chapter 6 Fellow Travelers 68
Chapter 7 Waiting for Fidel 79
Chapter 8 The Cruise of the Cranma 87
Chapter 9 "Now We've Won the War" 95
Part 2 The Amateur Guerrillas
Chapter 10 The Kindness of Strangers 105
Chapter 11 First Blood 113
Chapter 12 Back from the Dead 120
Chapter 13 Havana Vice 133
Chapter 14 "The Bitter Days" 139
Chapter 13 The Revolution Will Be Televised 147
Chapter 16 Baptisms of Fire 153
Chapter 17 Scenes from the "Free Zone" 163
Chapter 18 Revolution on $300 a Day 175
Chapter 19 Love in the Time of Diarrhea 184
Part 3 Revolutionary Road
Chapter 20 Fiestas in Wartime 195
Chapter 21 "The Fuck-up" 203
Chapter 22 Sierra Shangri-la 210
Chapter 23 Operation "End of Fidel" 219
Chapter 24 Raúl Goes Rogue 225
Chapter 25 The Comeback 236
Chapter 26 Women in Uniform 244
Chapter 27 Hurricane Season 254
Chapter 28 Have Gun, Will Travel: The Gringo Guerrillas 265
Chapter 29 The Lightning Campaign 278
Part 4 Honeymoon with Che
Chapter 30 Compañeros Versus Mafiosi 295
Chapter 31 In (Cuba) Like flynn 304
Chapter 32 The Caravan of Victory 313
Chapter 33 Days of Rum and Roses 324
Epilogue: Last Kids on the Bloc 339
A Note On Sources 353
Acknowledgments 360
Index 362