Makers of the Twentieth Century: Castro

Alfred Stepan argues that the romantic acclaim of Fidel Castro as a revolutionary guerrilla leader disregards the practical achievements and structural changes he has brought to Cuba and distorts his world-view of revolution.

Castro (left) alongside Che Guevara, 1961. Photograph by Alberto Korda

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