Neill W. Macaulay Jr. (April 10, 1935 in

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– October 28, 2007 in

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) was a

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and a former

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's 26th of July Movement Army. Prof. Macaulay was a graduate of the University of Texas and

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and served two years with the

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in the

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, where he managed the PX. After his army service, Macaulay joined the

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in 1958, to overthrow

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. As Castro's forces closed in on Havana, in December 1958 Macaulay started training firing squads and was promoted to lieutenant. Members of Macaulay's unit included Rafael del Pino, who became chief of Cuba's air force, but later defected. After the revolution, Cuba gave Macaulay a tomato farm and he profitably shipped one crop to

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. However, in 1961, when Castro announced intentions to control exports, he left for the U.S. where he had to fight a legal battle to retain his

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. Macaulay then earned a doctorate from the

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and began teaching at the

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(1964-1986) where he became known as an expert in

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. He retired from teaching in 1986. Macaulay authored ''The Sandino Affair'' (1967) (a study of Nicaraguan resistance to U.S. occupation in the 1920-30s), ''A Rebel in Cuba'' (1970), ''The Prestes Column'' (1974) and ''Dom Pedro: the struggle for liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798–1834'' (1986, ). He co-authored with

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''The Emergence of Latin America in the Nineteenth Century'' (1988, 2nd: 1994, ). He returned to

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in 1991, after being repeatedly denied entry by the Castro government. He later made various other trips as an academic. Macaulay's experiences in Cuba helped inspire two documentaries ''Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion'' (2007) and ''Patria o Muerte'' (still in production).

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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaulay Jr., Neill W. 1935 births 2007 deaths American anti-communists American revolutionaries The Citadel alumni People of the Cuban Revolution University of Texas at Austin alumni University of Florida faculty United States Army personnel of World War II

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