Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-333) and index.
Introduction. Cuban revolution in America -- Venceremos means "we will win" : the Venceremos Brigades, Cuba, and the U.S. Left -- Missiles, in human form : Cuba and the specter of foreign subversion in America -- Revolution in the air : hijacking, political protest, and U.S.-Cuba relations -- Joven Cuba inside the colossus : the Antonio Maceo Brigade and the making of a Cuban American Left -- Assata is welcome here : black radicalism, political asylum, and U.S.-Cuba diplomacy -- Epilogue. Unfinished revolutions