Lara Pawson is a freelance journalist, who worked for the BBC World Service from 1998 to 2007 reporting from Mali, Ivory Coast and Sao Tome and Principe.

• Introduction                                                                                                                            PART I1          Meeting Maria                                                                                                            2          In the shadow of DISA                                                                                               3          The saboteurs, the parasites, the opportunists                                                            4          When normal things don't go normally                                                                       5          Fascism was finished. Socialism had begun                                                    6          Just like the movies                                                                                                    7          The brother                                                                                                                 8          Sounds of microfiche                                                                                      9          Never meet your heroes                                                                                              10        Sent to Cuba                                                                                                               11        Closing in on the kill                                                                                                   PART II12        So many dragonflies                                                                                                    13        Saved by a poet                                                                                                           14        To Sambizanga                                                                                                            15        The little red book                                                                                                                   16        Kilometre 14                                                                                                               17        Cold War paradox                                                                                                       18        Appearances                                                                                                                19        A death camp                                                                                                  20        Metamorphoses of the enemy                                                                                    21        On the beach                                                                                                               22        How our heads are formed                                                                                          PART III23        Loose ends                                                                                                                  24        A Cuban connection                                                                                                   Epilogue                                                                                                                                  Notes                                                                                                                                       Bibliography

Lara Pawson is a freelance journalist, who worked for the BBC World Service from 1998 to 2007 reporting from Mali, Ivory Coast and Sao Tome and Principe.

• Introduction                                                                                                                            PART I1          Meeting Maria                                                                                                            2          In the shadow of DISA                                                                                               3          The saboteurs, the parasites, the opportunists                                                            4          When normal things don't go normally                                                                       5          Fascism was finished. Socialism had begun                                                    6          Just like the movies                                                                                                    7          The brother                                                                                                                 8          Sounds of microfiche                                                                                      9          Never meet your heroes                                                                                              10        Sent to Cuba                                                                                                               11        Closing in on the kill                                                                                                   PART II12        So many dragonflies                                                                                                    13        Saved by a poet                                                                                                           14        To Sambizanga                                                                                                            15        The little red book                                                                                                                   16        Kilometre 14                                                                                                               17        Cold War paradox                                                                                                       18        Appearances                                                                                                                19        A death camp                                                                                                  20        Metamorphoses of the enemy                                                                                    21        On the beach                                                                                                               22        How our heads are formed                                                                                          PART III23        Loose ends                                                                                                                  24        A Cuban connection                                                                                                   Epilogue                                                                                                                                  Notes                                                                                                                                       Bibliography

Lara Pawson is a freelance journalist, who worked for the BBC World Service from 1998 to 2007 reporting from Mali, Ivory Coast and Sao Tome and Principe.

• Introduction                                                                                                                            PART I1          Meeting Maria                                                                                                            2          In the shadow of DISA                                                                                               3          The saboteurs, the parasites, the opportunists                                                            4          When normal things don't go normally                                                                       5          Fascism was finished. Socialism had begun                                                    6          Just like the movies                                                                                                    7          The brother                                                                                                                 8          Sounds of microfiche                                                                                      9          Never meet your heroes                                                                                              10        Sent to Cuba                                                                                                               11        Closing in on the kill                                                                                                   PART II12        So many dragonflies                                                                                                    13        Saved by a poet                                                                                                           14        To Sambizanga                                                                                                            15        The little red book                                                                                                                   16        Kilometre 14                                                                                                               17        Cold War paradox                                                                                                       18        Appearances                                                                                                                19        A death camp                                                                                                  20        Metamorphoses of the enemy                                                                                    21        On the beach                                                                                                               22        How our heads are formed                                                                                          PART III23        Loose ends                                                                                                                  24        A Cuban connection                                                                                                   Epilogue                                                                                                                                  Notes                                                                                                                                       Bibliography