Castroism: Theory and Practice

by Theodore Draper

A study of Castroism.

Genres: Politics

263 pages, paperback

Published January 1, 1968

About the author

Theodore H. "Ted" Draper was an American historian and political writer. Draper is best known for the 14 books he completed during his life, including work regarded as seminal on the formative period of the American Communist Party, the Cuban Revolution, and the Iran-Contra Affair. Draper was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the 1990 recipient of the Herbert Feis Award for Nonacademically Affiliated Historians from the American Historical Association.

Reviews

[Julio The Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tour de force coming from an enemy of the Cuban Revolution. Draper saw the "guerrilla road to socialism" for what it was, an exceptional occurrence that could not be repeated in Latin America, yet his concept of Fidel Castro's "declasse revolution" rings hollow. How did Cuba produce a socialist revolution in the absence of class struggle?

[Al Duran · Rating 1 out of 5]

Theodore Draper was too blinded by the anti-communist dogma of the 1950s and early 1960s in the United States to understand the nature and significance of the Cuban revolution and its relevance to the Cuban people and their history. His work on “Castroism” is now largely ignored and forgotten.