“Lucero has crafted an intriguingly complex intersectional study of Cuba’s anticolonial struggle, the implications of which stretch across the discipline and beyond. In tracking the gendered mechanisms of racial inequality in the struggle for Cuban independence, the book contributes considerably to our understanding of how gender and race intersect in war and politics, while also serving as a model for future historical studies.”—Lorraine Bayard de Volo, American Historical Review
“Her timely analysis explores how gender and race relations forged definitions of manhood or ‘revolutionary masculinity’ based on honor and military service, replacing explicit racism with a gendered language of racialized civic engagement. Lucero employs neglected regional and municipal archives to build a narrative that follows a single corps of the Cuban army in Santa Clara province.”—G. de Laforcade, Choice
“Illustrates how the war for Cuban independence constructed Cuban masculinity ideals through the obstruction of truth about racism on the island.”—Christopher M. White, author of A Global History of the Developing World
