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Disponível
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Publication
Barcelona : Ediciones B, 1997
Description
Childhood and early years in Argentina, and motorcycle travels through Latin America. Five years of guerrilla warfare in the mountain jungles of Cuba's Sierra Maestra Havana falls to Castro's rebels, Che Guevara is made Minister in charge of National Production, Finance Minister and head of the National Bank. The Bay of Pigs and the Kennedy/Kruschev missile crisis. Heading diplomatic missions to China, India, the Soviet Union and the United Nations. New revolutionary struggle against the military regime in Bolivia, and death at the hands of government troops. Hero of the revolutionaries around the world and an icon for radical youth to this day.
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LibraryThing member the.ken.petersen
This book proves the old adage that one cannot judge a book by the cover. I bought this tome over t'interweb and, when I saw it in the 'flesh', I thought that I had purchased a coffee-table book. It is what, in bookseller's speak, is referred to as, "liberally illustrated": i.e. it has almost as
The text is, however, much stronger than one would expect. The story of Che, from cradle to grave, is told in a critical style that does not do, as so many biographies of the man and build the image. My only complaint is that, at the end, I do not feel that I know the man any better. Guevara's actions are, pretty much, all detailed but as to the man, he remains a mystery.
Despite this criticism, this is a good book, and one that I would recommend to anyone with an interest in the great liberation fighter.
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many pictures as words.The text is, however, much stronger than one would expect. The story of Che, from cradle to grave, is told in a critical style that does not do, as so many biographies of the man and build the image. My only complaint is that, at the end, I do not feel that I know the man any better. Guevara's actions are, pretty much, all detailed but as to the man, he remains a mystery.
Despite this criticism, this is a good book, and one that I would recommend to anyone with an interest in the great liberation fighter.
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Original publication date
1997