Paul Landau (History, University of Maryland) on his award-winning book, Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries (Ohio University Press, 2022). Landau begins by discussing the book’s origins and sources, with special attention paid to oral interviews. The interview then turns to an evaluation of the nature and impact of violence in antiapartheid movements, Nelson Mandela’s Communism, and Cold War intelligence intrigues. The conversation concludes with a sneak peek at Landau’s new research project on the history of apartheid’s demise.