Kings Will Be Tyrants by Ward Hawkins is a 1959 novel about fighting in Cuba.

Bernardo Manuel Patrick O'Brien is a former U.S. Marine who winds up fighting for Castro.

Though a Marine, he has to deal with the conflict of his heritage, both Cuban and American.

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