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Jon Lee Anderson

Che Guevara

Jon Lee Anderson

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Lithuanian
Bantam
01 December 1997
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Revolutionary groups & movements
The first definitive biography of Ernesto Che Guevara, the twentieth century's supreme revolutionary martyr.

With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most fascinating figures by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson is truly definitive and monumental - not least because its creation solved a twenty-eight-year-old mystery- the whereabouts of Che Guevara's body...

'Masterly and absorbing' -- The Sunday Times

'Brilliantly evoked... The portrait is now as complete as it will ever be' -- The Times Literary Supplement

'Absorbing and convincing... an indispensable work of contemporary history' ? Guardian 'Probably the best biography I have read' --
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* A myth in his own lifetime; an international martyr-figure upon his death; a revolutionary fighter; a military strategist; a social philosopher; an economist; a medical doctor; 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, weaving in a cast of historic personalities including Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao Tse-tung, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

With its painstaking research, never-before-seen documentation and compelling narrative, this is really the ultimate biography of a unique man.
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Imprint:   Bantam
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 61mm
Weight:   985g
ISBN:   9780553406641
ISBN 10:   0553406647
Pages:   832
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Language:   Lithuanian
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Che Guevara

Charismatic, dashing, handsome and a revolutionary hero of the 1960s student left, Ernesto Che Guevara was a guerrilla fighter, strategist, philosopher, doctor of medicine and friend and confidante of Fidel Castro. Captured in the Bolivian mountains and shot by the army in 1967, he became in death a martyr to the cause and a legend. This long and detailed biography, written in the aftermath of the Cold War, contains much new information especially about his life as a revolutionary. The myth however remains undented. (Kirkus UK)


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