Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
This New York Times Notable Book of the Year” is the definitive biography on Che Guevara, whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America through armed revolution. Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the Cuban...
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This New York Times Notable Book of the Year” is the definitive biography on Che Guevara, whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America through armed revolution. Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the Cuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro’s government to his failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivian jungle.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802135582 (0802135587)
ASIN: 0802135587
Publish date: 1997-03-09
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 814
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
American,
War,
Military,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Biography Memoir,
Historical
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Jon Lee Anderson's biography of Che Guevara is exhaustively researched, which was a benefit to me, since I had never before studied Che's life in detail, nor had I read about the Bay of Pigs or the Cuban Missile Crisis from anything but an American perspective. I found it to be an illuminating, albe...
I bought this book because I really had little to no idea who this guy was. I knew he was involved in the Cuban revolution, and that his face adorns thousands of T-shirts around the world, but that was it. What really motivated me to finally sit down and read this book was something I saw in a Chine...
After reading the incredible "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, I decided to balance out my political intake by reading about Che Guevara.If there is anyone who can challenge Rand's political Objectivism, who else but Che?The Book itself is an average history book on an iconic figure. I consider it req...
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