Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Autor: Anderson, John Lee

Editorial: Random House

Lenguaje: Inglés Internacional

ISBN13: 9780553406641

Reseña:  He became a myth in his own lifetime and an international martyr-figure upon his death he was a revolutionary fighter a military strategist a social philosopher an economist a medical doctor and a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro. Che Guevaras 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 Kennedys assassination. Among its cast of characters are scores of historic personalities including Castro Kennedy Kruschev Mao Tse-tung Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to name but a few. Jon Lee Anderson has been given unprecedented access to the Cuban Governments archives and has had total co-operation from Ches widow Aleida March who has never previously spoken for publication about her late husband. He has obtained hitherto unpublished documents including several of Ches personal diaries and in the course of his research broke open a twenty-eight-year-old mystery - the whereabouts of Ches body in Bolivia. There is no doubt that this monumental work will stand as the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth centurys most fascinating yet largely unexplored historical figures.