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.Amazon.com Review
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 co… More >>
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
hi there i need some picture about Ernesto Che Guevara ’s life and i need to know every thing about him
i need a book talking about all his life
Rating: 1 / 5
Well written and easy reading..Jon Lee Anderson certainly did his homework. Though Mr Anderson tried very hard to write this biography without a leftist slant, his sympathies come through loud and clear. While Che, a revered figure in history, and a cultural icon (why???) he appears to be quite the hypocrite. True Blue Blood from an aristocratic family with higher education he went from one latin american country to the next in search of a cause. Never committing himself until his back was against the wall amid his peers, and his own idolization of Castro. Traveling up and down the continent of South American, grubbing food and money and lodging, never bathing or changing his clothes I feel Che was a lazy lazy person, who became ignited on whims and selfish desires.. He was not loyal to his girlfriend, nor his wife. He did not ’stick his neck out’ for anyone until he met Castro.
I dont understand the appeal of his politics nor this figure in history. Makes me wonder if the sections of his “sexually explicit diary” that were not given to the author, shows the subject was actually mad from syphyllis. (this is a thought not a fact)
Bottom line: Excellent and facinating biography with great history (and if you think this is not available in american history youre wrong) Worth reading, but does not explain why this guy is an icon-especially among americans.
VIA CAPITALISM READ AN AYN RAND BOOK!!
Rating: 4 / 5
Very funny, this is coming from the man who said to Felix Rodriguez: ” I am worth more alive than Dead to you!” If you want to know who this coward bubbling sociopath idiot was just reading Exposing Che, and Un Mito O Realidad and Shadow warrior. All these other books come straight from the Source: His family or extremely biased admirers. He was so good at warfare that he got killed because he couldn’t even lead bolivian campesinos who were on the left. the irony is he became what he hated most: A capitalist Icon.
Rating: 1 / 5
The recent rise in popularity of Che among urban youth inspired me to do a little research on the man. I learned that he didn’t think prisoners had the right to a fair trial and he would order their execution (and you though Abu Grahb was bad!). He did say he wanted to save the world’s poor, but don’t all commies say that? Stalin, Lenin, and Pol Pot promised great things too! Just look at Cuba and ask yourself if the one success Che had can really be called a success? The main had good intentions, but terrible means. He was a terrorist that thought just because he wanted to help the poor he could kill whomever and cause chaos. Bin Laden probably sports a Che shirt. Che tried to toppled dictators, but he wanted to replace it with Communism. After seeing 85 to 100 million people die as a result of Communism, why do people still like Che? Why don’t they just wear Stalin or Pol Pot t-shirts?
Rating: 2 / 5
If and when you decide to waste your money on this account, don’t forget to place a bookmark on the pages describing Che’s slow suffocation of a friendly puppy that his team had adopted as a mascot. PETA folks should especially love this part – following their recent adoption of his granddaughter as a new spokesperson. Oh, yes, a lovable, dashing, iconic figure for the Hollywood left and sad, pathetic revolutionaries from the past.
Rating: 1 / 5