“Teishan Latner’s fascinating Cuban Revolution in America, with its focus on histories of travel, hijacking, and exile across Cold War barriers, is an important intellectual weapon against both the [travel] ban and the blockade.”—Labour/Le Travail
“An outstanding piece of scholarship that merits a book prize.”—Journal of American History
“Scholars of the left should consider this required reading. It is these multiple lefts, white, Latinx, and African American, that Latner explores over twenty-five plus years, arguing that Cuba was the biggest global inspiration for a new generation of activists who shunned the Old Left for the new.”—American Communist History
“A critical contribution to scholarship on the global Cold War and the postwar internationalist left. . . . Latner’s text offers crucial insights about the world in which we live as well as illuminating lessons from past attempts to change it.”—Public Books
“[A] groundbreaking book on a quarter century of interaction between the Cuban Revolution and US radicals.”—The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture
“Latner’s book joins a growing body of work on trans-national political influences relating to the Cuban Revolution.”—American Historical Review
“A vivid portrait of youth who aspired to change the United States by way of Cuba. . . . Rich with new material, well-written, and engaging, with a sometimes sly humor and consistent accessibility.”—NACLA Report on the Americas
“An excellent new book on left- wing activists, the complex politics of solidarity, and US- Cuban relations. . . . This is a book of many strengths and stories. Latner includes an expansive and eclectic cast of characters, from predominantly white leftists and black nationalists to progressive Cuban Americans and even airplane hijackers. . . . Overall, Cuban Revolution in America provides new insights into the expected and unexpected circuits of travel.”—Labor
“An excellent and most insightful study. . . . Makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of work analyzing the role played by Third World revolutionary movements in the formation and imaginations of both a white and a black U.S.”—Diplomatic History
“Groundbreaking. . . . This book is a must read for anyone interested in Cuba-US relations.”—The Americas
