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Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson (Paperback, 1997)
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He also proves beyond doubt that Guevara was captured and executed by Bolivian counterinsurgency rangers and not killed, as the official story had it, in a firefight, automatic weapon in hand. (For their pan, he writes, the Soviets could never be sure whether Guevara was not truly a Maoist and held him in deep suspicion.).
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The first definitive biography of Ernesto Che Guevara, the twentieth century's supreme revolutionary martyr. He became a myth in his own lifetime and an international martyr-figure upon his death; he was a revolutionary fighter, a military strategist, a social philosopher, an economist, a medical doctor, and a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. In the end Che failed in his quest but he is recognized as that one-in-a-million personality who just might have pulled it off. Che Guevara- A Revolutionary Life shuttles between the revolutionary capitals of Havana and Algiers to the battlegrounds of Bolivia and the Congo; from the halls of power in Moscow and Washington to the exile havens of Miami, Mexico and Guatemala, in a gripping tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. It has an epic sweep as it evokes an era of tumultuous change, describing major events like the Bay of Pigs invasion, the October Missile crisis and Kennedy's assassination. Among its cast of characters are scores of historic personalities including Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao Tse-tung, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, to name but a few. Jon Lee Anderson has been given unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and has had total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, who has never previously spoken for publication about her late husband. He has obtained hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries and, in the course of his research, broke open a twenty-eight-year-old mystery - the whereabouts of Che's body in Bolivia. There is no doubt that this monumental work will stand as the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating, yet largely unexplored, historical figures.Product Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139780553406641
eBay Product ID (ePID)86719781
Product Key Features
Publication Year1997
Book TitleChe Guevara
Number of Pages832 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorJon Lee Anderson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight985 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJon Lee Anderson
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- 07 Apr, 2017
insight into a historical person
down to earth no ifs buts or wherefores a lot has been propogander about che but to have an insight about his thoughts and actions is another matter what he wanted to achieve in his short life well worth the readVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 01 Aug, 2025
Excellent read
Well written and compelling, excellent value.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Oct, 2018
As above
Brilliant and informative, really get to know che the son , husband, father as well as the revolutionary.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jan, 2020
Biography
Informative but a hard going read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Jan, 2021
Great book
Really interesting and challenging read. Would recommend.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Dec, 2021
Marvellous historical read
More interesting and informative than expected.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 May, 2020
Che
Very interestingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 May, 2024
Perfect, thank you
Perfect, thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
