Cuba's anarchist movement traces its heritage back further than any other anarchist movement in Latin America; and Cuba produced the only mass, well organized anarchist movement ever to appear in the Western Hemisphere (excepting that in Argentina). Cuban Anarchism traces that movement from its beginnings in 1865 through its role in resisting homegrown dictatorship and U.S. imperialism throughout the first half of the 20th century; its important role in resisting the Batista dictatorship; its opposition to Castro's betrayal of the Cuban Revolution; and its years in exile. The book concludes with a look at the failure of the Castro dictatorship and at the possibility of fulfilling the promise of the Cuban Revolution after the fall of Castro.