Hunting Che: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World’s Most Famous Revolution ary

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Mitch Weiss Kevin Maurer

Hunting Che

How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World’s Most Famous Revolution ary

Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer

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Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
28 May 2014

History of the Americas; Military history; Special & elite forces

Hunting Che tells the untold story of how the infamous revolutionary was captured-a mission later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The hunt for Ernesto 'Che' Guevera was one of the first successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history. Using government reports and documents, as well as eyewitness accounts, Hunting Che tells the untold story of how the infamous revolutionary was captured-a mission later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq.

As one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, Guevera had become famous for supporting and organizing similar insurgencies in Africa and Latin America. When he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision- Che had to be stopped.

Major Ralph 'Pappy' Shelton was called upon to lead the mission. Much was unknown about Che's force in Bolivia, and the stakes were high. With a handpicked team of Green Berets, Shelton turned Bolivian peasants into a trained fighting and intelligence-gathering force.

Hunting Che follows Shelton's American team and the newly formed Bolivian Rangers through the hunt to Che's eventual capture and execution. With the White House and the Pentagon monitoring every move, Shelton and his team helped prevent another Communist threat from taking root in the West.

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well-written, well-documented, and fascinating book reads like a thriller.'The Washington Times

'Engrossing . . . a detailed account of the final hours of Che's life.'Booklist

'Many of the same fast-paced stylistic techniques that made a bestseller of Maurer's collaboration with Navy Seal Team 6's Mark Owen (No Easy Day) . . . A slam-bang military drama.'Kirkus Reviews

Includes Photos

By: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780425257470
ISBN 10: 0425257479
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 May 2014
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kevin Maurer (Author) Kevin Maurer has covered special-operations forces for nine years. He has been embedded with the Special Forces in Afghanistan six times, spent a month in 2006 with special-operations units in east Africa, and has embedded with US forces in Iraq and Haiti. He is the author of four books, including several about special operations.

Reviews for Hunting Che: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World’s Most Famous Revolution ary

""This is the real story—extremely well told—of the unraveling of a guerrilla force and the patient and heroic team work of the men who brought down the iconic myth.""—Enrique Encinosa, author of Unvanquished: Cuba's Resistance to Fidel Castro ""Weiss and Maurer have done it again...With memorable characters, rich detail and a fast-moving narrative, they bring us deep into the Bolivian jungle - and into a riveting story you will not want to miss."" — Ames Alexander, award-winning investigative reporter with the Charlotte Observer ""Hunting Che provides a powerful portrait of an iconic revolutionary who fell prey to his own ego and passions and a US blacks ops team hellbent on his capture -- and death.""— Michael Sallah, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post “Veteran journalists Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer have tag-teamed on another nail-biter…They shed light on an important—largely misunderstood—operation with fairness, objectivity, and candor.”—Tom Henry, Toledo-based writer and book reviewer