A biography of the man who has ruled Cuba since 1959, after leading a successful revolution overthrowing Batista's government and establishing a Communist regime in its place.

We have won! -- The curses of Cuba: Spain, sugar, and the United States -- Growing up and going to school -- Finding a cause -- Moncada: the mother of the Revolution -- Revolution grows in the mountains -- The triumphal entry -- Barking with the big dogs -- Intervening in the Third World -- Writing in the history books.