Fidel Castro, in a profound confession, reflects here on his childhood, his youth, and his student activism that led him to the revolution.

Fidel emotionally recounts his family life, his education, and the religious and moral influences that gradually led to his involvement in politics from a very young age.

These autobiographical texts, which have recently been updated with new, previously unpublished material, also document the student days of the young revolutionary at the University of Havana, his early thoughts on armed struggle, his travels in Latin America as an organizer of student meetings, his participation in the popular uprising in Colombia in 1948, his experiences as a young lawyer and political activist, the attack on the Moncada barracks, and the days in prison that followed.

.. [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]