Review: Che Guevara
Avis de journaliste - Kirkus ReviewsA sweeping biography of the Latino revolutionary and pop-culture hero. Anderson (Guerrillas, 1992), a journalist with a longtime interest in Latin American affairs, steers clear of ideology, arguing that the Argentinian-born Guevara was both a brilliant tactician and fighter (a conclusion sure to please his admirers) and the truest representative of the old international communist agitator the State Department warned us about (a conclusion equally sure to please Guevara's detractors). Anderson writes at some length about Che's early bohemian days, spent ranging up and down the Americas on a motorcycle, looking for kicks. He goes on to persuasively establish that Guevara's connection with Fidel Castro came much earlier than the standard sources suggest. He also proves beyond doubt that Guevara was captured and executed by Bolivian counterinsurgency rangers and not killed, as the official story had it, in a firefight, automatic weapon in hand. Anderson traces the strange influence of the politics of the Argentine dictator Juan Pern¢ on Guevara, analyzes the utterly disastrous mid-1960s Cuban intervention in the Congo, and considers Castro and Guevara's sometimes tense relationship. He shows that Castro did not include Guevara in the publicly visible Cuban revolutionary leadership because Castro feared that featuring an avowed Marxist would alienate his non-communist allies. (For their pan, he writes, the Soviets could never be sure whether Guevara was not truly a Maoist and held him in deep suspicion.) Drawing on a vast range of interviews and secondary sources, including little-known Latin American documents and material from the archives of the KGB, Anderson paints a portrait of Guevara as both hero and fanatic. The author's fondness for showering the reader with every detail he has uncovered makes this sprawling book sometimes tough slogging, but students of Che's life and deeds need look no farther than Anderson's volume.
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Rick Brindle - GoodreadsAn amazingly well researched and detailed book. It gives a lot of insight into a man who is instantly recognisable, but less known. Despite being elevated to hero status, he was just a man, but ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Leon - GoodreadsAcclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Jasmine - GoodreadsA comprehensive, well-researched bio of Che. I did find it tiring at parts but thought the author did a great job Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Ryan Coleman - GoodreadsAbout as well researched, detailed, and exhaustive as you could possibly want a biography to be. By the end of it I felt I knew who this guy was and why. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Stephen - GoodreadsThe author does a thorough job in walking the reader through Guevara's journey from a young medical doctor, traveling through Latin America, observing social inequities/injustices, to a full blown pan ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Patrick Slavin - GoodreadsFirst I want to pat myself on the back for finishing this mammoth, dense, thorough biography - 754 big boy pages. Reading it for the past 4 months plus. Amazing reporting - taking advantage of the end ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - John - GoodreadsLeft off on pg. 189/832. VERY interested in finishing at some future date. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Savannah Williams - GoodreadsA well written bio about a great character from recent history. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Avis d'utilisateur - Anton Dounts - GoodreadsI absolutely loved this book! I knew nothing of Che, yet I was always intrigued by this historical figure, with his face plastered on everything and all. This book is impeccably research and does a ... Consulter l'avis complet
