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Definitive book on Che Guevara

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  • 12-12-2011 12:52am
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    MrSing
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    What is it?


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    MrSing
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    thanks for moving


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    Bodhidharma
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    A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson is good and generally the one people go for, but I prefered Companero by Jorge Castaneda.

    Obviously the work by Che himself is essential reading if your interested.


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    GerB40
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    MrSing wrote: »
    What is it?
    I know its an old thread but in case anyone new wants to know its, "Che Guevara A Revolutionary Life". Written by Jon Lee Anderson.. The best biography I've read and a book i'd recommend to any reader...


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    donaghs
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    I enjoyed Companero by Jorge Castaneda. I get the impression the author had been a big fan, but the more he learned through researching, the more complex a picture developed. What I came away from the book was a portrait of Che as a man who was idealistic, and very dedicated and hard working towards his goals of making the word a better/Marxist place. Unfortunately he arrogant in assuming he knew best - he didn't always. He was incompentant at times, e.g. Congo and Bolivia, and his role overseeing the Cuban economy. And his belief in Marxism blinded him to the suffering caused by Communist governments, e.g. his support for the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary.


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    ThirdMan
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    Bodhidharma wrote: »
    Obviously the work by Che himself is essential reading if your interested.

    I only read his Bolivian diary, and I found it far from essential. It was quite boring actually, although I confess I'm not much of a fan of published diaries, so the problem may have been with me.

    I'd also recommend Anderson's book. I held a very romantic view about Che and his politics prior to reading it, and it certainly put an end to that.

    A fascinating character, but dangerously single minded.


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