Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
by Jon Lee Anderson
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Author: Jon Lee AndersonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03-09
ISBN: 0802135587
Number of pages: 814
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: Hollywood Che
Summary: 1 Stars
The glitterati and hipster intellectuals are often quoted saying things like 'Che Guevara was such a complex individual you couldn't grasp his brilliance in a lifetime.' I think there is no historic figure that has been more often compared to Jesus Christ -- and it's a sure bet that every last one is an athiests, and Marxist, too.
That said, do yourself a favour and read Fontova's "Exposing the Real Che Guevara." Fontova managed to capture the deepest, richest nuances of Che's true character in an economical 200 pages.
Summary of 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 revolution, from the halls of power in Castro's government to his failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivian jungle.
Even to those without Marxist sympathies, Che Guevara (1928-67) was a dashing, charismatic figure: the asthmatic son of an aristocratic Argentine family whose sympathy for the world's oppressed turned him into a socialist revolutionary, the valued comrade-in-arms of Cuba's Fidel Castro and a leader of guerilla warfare in Latin America and Africa. Journalist Jon Lee Anderson's lengthy and absorbing portrait captures the complexities of international politics (revolutionary and counter); his painstaking research has unearthed a remarkable amount of new material, including information about Guevara's death at the hands of the Bolivian military.
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