The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and DiplomatsOxford University Press, 22 janv. 1998 - 256 pages The Fall of Che Guevara tells the story of Guevara's last campaign, in the backwoods of Bolivia, where he hoped to ignite a revolution that would spread throughout South America. For the first time, this book shows in detail the strategy of the U.S. and Bolivian governments to foil his efforts. Based on numerous interviews and on secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Archive, this work casts new light on the roles of a Green Beret detachment sent to train the Bolivians and of the CIA and other U.S. agencies in bringing Guevara down. Ryan's shows that Guevara was an agent of Cuban foreign policy from the time he met Fidel Castro in 1955 until his death--not a mere independent revolutionary, as many scholars have claimed. Guevara's attempted insurgency in Bolivia was in reality a Cuban attempt to achieve another badly-needed revolutionary success. This dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara will appeal to scholars and students of United States foreign policy and Latin American history, and to all those interested in this revolutionary's remarkable life. |
Table des matières
Contact and Alarm | |
The Obstacles Accumulate | |
The Green Berets | |
Guerrilla Triumph and Trouble | |
The Killand After | |
Memories and Legacies | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats Henry Butterfield Ryan Aucun aperçu disponible - 1999 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
2nd Ranger Battalion ambassador American Argentina Arguedas Author’s interviews Barrientos Barrientos’s Bay of Pigs believed Bolivian armed forces Bolivian Army Bolivian Diary Bolivian government Buenos Aires Camiri capture Castro Che Guevara CIA agent CIA’s Communist Party Congo counterinsurgency Country File Cuba Cuba’s Cuban Debray and Bustos diplomatic documents especially FAOHP FBIS Furthermore Gott Green Berets guerrilla band Guerrilla Warfare Guevara on Revolution Guevara’s death Guevara’s diary Havana Higuera Intelligence interviews with Henderson JFK Libr Joaquín July June Kennedy La Higuera La Paz Latin America LBJ Libr Mallin Monje Ñancahuazú October operations Ovando political Prensa Latina president radio Ranger Battalion rebels Regis Debray revolutionary Rodríguez Rostow Samaipata says Second Ranger Sept Shelton Sierra Maestra Southern Command Soviet Spanish story Tania Telegram told Tope U.S. embassy U.S. government U.S. military U.S. officials United Vallegrande Washington