- Library Binding: 422 pages
- Publisher: SR Books; New edition edition (January 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0842026770
- ISBN-13: 978-0842026772
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,230,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
Ches volume is the other side of the coin, as he details his style of hit-and-run tactics that were paramount to the overthrow of Cubas government and the establishment of the Castro regime that Didions Cubans fled from. Published in 1969, this sports three of Ches most famous essays on guerrilla combat tactics.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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A fine document describing the struggles in seven South American countries, this remains a useful tool in today's world. (The Bookwatch )
This interesting book is more than a mere translation of Che Guevara's handbook on how to be a guerrilla fighter. Rather, the translation of Guevara's historic work, Guerrilla Warfare, and two of his later pieces, 'Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" and "Message to the Tricontinental," are nestled between an informative and well-developed introduction and essays describing the struggles in seven South American countries whose guerrilla movements were inspired by Che Guevara's writings and beliefs. . . . This work is quite useful for anyone who desires to understand the struggles occurring around the world today. (Journal Of International Law And Politics )
Aside from Che's own compelling rhetoric, the case histories demonstrate Che's influence and the application of his analysis in very specific terms. . . . Those who teach courses on the Third World or on the history of Latin America since World War II should welcome this volume. (Hispanic American Historical Review )
Che's insights are just as alive today as they were when he first wrote them down in 1960. (Latin America In Books )
For teaching purposes this volume is extremely worthwhile. The evaluation of guerrilla experiences is on the whole judicious, the prose highly readable, and the package coherent. (Journal Of Latin American Studies )
This interesting book is more than a mere translation of Che Guevara's handbook on how to be a guerrilla fighter. Rather, the translation of Guevara's historic work, Guerrilla Warfare, and two of his later pieces, 'Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" and "Message to the Tricontinental," are nestled between an informative and well-developed introduction and essays describing the struggles in seven South American countries whose guerrilla movements were inspired by Che Guevara's writings and beliefs. . . . This work is quite useful for anyone who desires to understand the struggles occurring around the world today. (Journal Of International Law And Politics )
Aside from Che's own compelling rhetoric, the case histories demonstrate Che's influence and the application of his analysis in very specific terms. . . . Those who teach courses on the Third World or on the history of Latin America since World War II should welcome this volume. (Hispanic American Historical Review )
Che's insights are just as alive today as they were when he first wrote them down in 1960. (Latin America In Books )
For teaching purposes this volume is extremely worthwhile. The evaluation of guerrilla experiences is on the whole judicious, the prose highly readable, and the package coherent. (Journal Of Latin American Studies )
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The armed victory of the Cuban people over the Batista dictatorship was not only the triumph of heroism as reported by the newspapers of the world; it also forced a change in the old dogmas concerning the conduct of the popular masses of Latin America. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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The armed victory of the Cuban people over the Batista dictatorship was not only the triumph of heroism as reported by the newspapers of the world; it also forced a change in the old dogmas concerning the conduct of the popular masses of Latin America. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Radical Chic at its Chicest,
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This review is from: Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
It's all so long ago. I remember sitting under an eucalyptus tree in Ethiopia in 1982 and listening to Marxist-Leninist Internationalism and how peasants who had never seen an industry or a capitalist were being exploited by the forces of imperialism. Reading the classic books of Che Guevara and his obsessive dreams of emancipation by guerillas, it is almost like an exposition on the devine rights of kings or a doctrine of a flat earth. But if you know the rest of the story about this man you expect all the things he says. It all fits in with the battle of Santa Clara, his dreams of turning the Congo into Cuba or inspiring Bolivian farmers to unite in the dream of transforming the old and corrupt into something beautiful and new. I think that this book should be a required part of a liberal education, not because it preaches bloody revolution but rather that Che Guevara is an icon of our times, martyred, mutilated and buried in a field by people who would never understand why he made the sacrifices he did or even what he wanted to say.
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Come on, how can you not like Che?,
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This review is from: Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
I'm not so sure Che didn't have a little tongue in cheek in some parts of this do-it-yourself guide to taking over your own banana republic. Come on,... dried fish has good nutritional value? After a while you get used to living without underwear? Anyone who takes seriously the idea that this is the key to defeating armed national forces (supported by the USA) with your very own little guerilla foco needs to spend a lot more time studying Cuban history. Sorry, Che, the revolution was won because the overwhelming majority of the people wanted it, not because you sketched the proper use of a hammock. Nonetheless, anything from Che is a jewel, we miss you comandante, que dios te bendiga.
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A Solid Book,
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This review is from: Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
A fine introduction to Che, the man, the revolutionary and his rhetoric. The material is comprehensive and objective. Moreover, it is well written and engaging.
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