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"Guevara was a figure of heroic proportions. These diaries, stark and moving, will be his most enduring monument." - Observer
"Che Guevara is part of the great myths of this century--our era's most perfect man." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"An inspiration for every human being who loves freedom." - Nelson Mandela --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Che Guevara is part of the great myths of this century--our era's most perfect man." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"An inspiration for every human being who loves freedom." - Nelson Mandela --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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THE BASIS OF THE MOVIE “CHE: PART TWO” FROM STEVEN SODERBERGH STARRING BENICIO DEL TORO
This is Che Guevara’s last diary, compiled from notebooks found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian army in October 1967 and subsequently executed. It became an instant bestseller.
Newly revised by Che’s widow (Aleida March), and including a thoughtful preface by his eldest son Camilo, this is the definitive account of the attempt to spark a continent-wide revolution in Latin America.
“Thanks to Che’s invariable habit of noting the main events of each day, we have rigorously exact, priceless and detailed information on the heroic final moments of his life in Bolivia.”—Fidel Castro
Features of this new edition include:
Preface by Camilo Guevara
Introduction by Fidel Castro
Revised translation
Biographical note
Chronology
Glossary
Maps
32 pp black and white photos
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Finding the real Che,
By Jenna Rushton "Jenna" (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition (Paperback)
This diary is both an important historical document and an insight into the mind of a twentieth century icon. After his failure in the Congo, Major Ernesto Guevara was determined to suceed in his native South America. He was doomed to failure from the start. His diary shows the terrible hardships endured by him and his revolutionaries. From illness and starvation, to the deaths of comrades and friends, Che's diary documents it all. A mixture of the emotional and the ordinary. Che Guevara was assassinated by the CIA backed Bolivian army; but his death was only the beginning of the legend. Although this version doesn't include the diaries of Che's comrades it remains a must for all those wishing to find the real Che Guevara. Not for the weak hearted!
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Interesting piece of history,
By BAGS - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition (Paperback)
Che customarily writes an entry every day in his diaries, even when nothing happened all day. He uses them later to write a memoir without all the boring day-to-day stuff. Of course he could not do that with his final diary. At first this appears to be a diary about nothing but a lot of marching, marching, marching. You can get more out of it by reading it as a companion to a biography, like Jon Lee Anderson's very detailed biography of Che. Then you'll know why their 10 day excursion took 48 days, and what happened to Joaquin's troops, or why Fidel couldn't send them reinforcements, and other questions that are not answered in the diary, because the diary is only a little slice of the bigger picture. Worth reading if you are interested in the revolution in a historical sense (whether or not you agree with Che politically).
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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One for the Ages,
By RobertRogers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition (Paperback)
"Nevertheless, the late Che remains as one oversold, overrated, revolutionary Marxist-Leninist crackpot."My wifes parents and grandparents lived in Cuba during the ulta-corrupt Batista period. Her grandfather was very prominent in Cuban politics. When Castro won the war and outsted Bastista, her grandfather was very upset. After all, as he said, he (my wifes grandfather) had "spent years paying off all the right people and just when his time had come, the Cuban Revolution thwarted his political ambitions". The entire family then sought refuge in Miami where thousands of ex-Cubans live today. I think that just about sums up why Che and many others decided it was time to knock off the current government. 9 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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Diary Of How Not To Start A Guerrilla War,
By Hans Gunther - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition (Paperback)
From 7 Nov 1966 to 7 Oct 1967 . . . It's a day by day account of aimlessly trekking back and forth across 180 square miles of Bolivian outback with a rag tag, ill supplied, ill equipped, undernourished band of uneducated, multinational "revolutionaries" from Cuba, Peru and Bolivia.Che had thought that what had worked in Cuba 8 years earlier might work again in Bolivia. But it was a complete disaster, as were his previous expeditions in The Congo and in Guatemala. He was unable to recruit sufficient peasants from the countryside to effect a meaningful military challenge to Bolivia's troops. What we read in the diary are pathetic, recurring accounts of food and water shortages, and about repeated geographic blunders of not knowing where they are, not being able to identify rivers. Constantly on the move, slashing trails, crossing rivers and marching till exhaustion to evade an ever menacing and ever larger number of Bolivian troops. But Che is very headstrong and does not want to quit Bolivia as he had quit in The Congo before coming here, and quit in Guatemala [before Cuba]. This busybody, restless Argentinean guerrilla issues bold "Communiqués To The Bolivian People" . . . that he, [the ELN] "is the only responsible party for the armed struggle, which its people lead, and which will not stop short until final victory." But in reality, the Bolivian membership of his 40+ man guerilla force was the minority. Che's ambitions included the eventual overthrow of all South American governments. A simultaneous guerrilla movement was seeded in Peru. But the rest of South America just wasn't ready to stomach another Marxist-Leninist ideology a la Cuban style. Still today, Cuba remains an economic basket case, a socialist, bankrupt police state where visitors can set their clock back 50 years! Curiously, Fidel did not adequately support his dear friend Che when he was overpowered militarily and nearing a dead end at La Higuera. One of the reasons may be that Che had already taken on a larger than life iconic status in Cuba. In fact, immediately after the success of the Cuban revolution, Fidel had sent Che off on a lengthy world wide tour to get him off the island and consolidate his own, unfettered, dictatorial power. During his world tour, when Che had bad mouthed the Soviets and had cozied up to Chairman Mao, Fidel had to protect his Soviet life line and distance himself from Che. Nevertheless, the late Che remains as one oversold, overrated, revolutionary Marxist-Leninist crackpot. |
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