Author: Frank Niess
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 9781904341994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about a topical historical figure
The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty
Author: Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Publisher: Independent Studies in Politic
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Nearly four decades after his death, the legend of Che Guevara has grown worldwide. In this new book, Alvaro Vargas Llosa separates the myth from the reality of Che's legacy, and shows that Che's ideals were a re-hash of notions about centralized power that have long been the major source of suffering and misery in the underdeveloped world. With testimonies from witnesses of Che's actions, Alberto Vargas Llosa's detailed account of the "real Che" sets the record straight by exposing the delusion at the heart of the Che phenomenon. Vargas Llosa shows that Che's legacy--making the law subservient to the most powerful, crushing any and all dissent, and concentrating wealth under the guise of "social equality"--is not the solution to poverty and injustice but is the core of the problem. Besides exposing the dark truths of Che's ideology and actions, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty elaborates on attempts by both the left and right to suppress liberty and examines the manifestation of Latin American spirit throughout the ages, from early indigenous trade to today's enterprising communities overcoming government impediments. In so doing, the book points to the real revolution among the poor--the liberation of individuals from the constraints of state power in all spheres, public and private. Whether you love or hate Che, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty will not leave you untouched and will provide a powerful, new perspective on how to overcome the challenges facing the Third World.
Publisher: Independent Studies in Politic
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Nearly four decades after his death, the legend of Che Guevara has grown worldwide. In this new book, Alvaro Vargas Llosa separates the myth from the reality of Che's legacy, and shows that Che's ideals were a re-hash of notions about centralized power that have long been the major source of suffering and misery in the underdeveloped world. With testimonies from witnesses of Che's actions, Alberto Vargas Llosa's detailed account of the "real Che" sets the record straight by exposing the delusion at the heart of the Che phenomenon. Vargas Llosa shows that Che's legacy--making the law subservient to the most powerful, crushing any and all dissent, and concentrating wealth under the guise of "social equality"--is not the solution to poverty and injustice but is the core of the problem. Besides exposing the dark truths of Che's ideology and actions, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty elaborates on attempts by both the left and right to suppress liberty and examines the manifestation of Latin American spirit throughout the ages, from early indigenous trade to today's enterprising communities overcoming government impediments. In so doing, the book points to the real revolution among the poor--the liberation of individuals from the constraints of state power in all spheres, public and private. Whether you love or hate Che, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty will not leave you untouched and will provide a powerful, new perspective on how to overcome the challenges facing the Third World.
Che Guevara
Author: Frank Niess
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 9781904341994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about a topical historical figure
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 9781904341994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about a topical historical figure
Che Guevara
Author: H. Yaffe
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230233872
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230233872
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.
Che Guevara
Author: Eric Luther
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028641997
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Che Guevara: Cuban revolutionary, doctor, communist, author, rebel, hero, villain - and according to Jean Paul Satre the most complete human being of his age. He was a fascinating character whose life is explored in this enlightening book.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028641997
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Che Guevara: Cuban revolutionary, doctor, communist, author, rebel, hero, villain - and according to Jean Paul Satre the most complete human being of his age. He was a fascinating character whose life is explored in this enlightening book.
Exposing the Real Che Guevara
Author: Humberto Fontova
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595230270
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
FONTOVA/EXPOSING THE REAL CHE GUEVA
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595230270
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
FONTOVA/EXPOSING THE REAL CHE GUEVA
Che Guevara
Author: David Sandison
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312182731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Explores the life of the revolutionary, diplomat, and guerrilla legend; including his early years in Argentina; guerrilla warfare in Cuba; diplomatic missions to China, India, and the United Nations; and revolutionary struggle against the military regimein Bolivia.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312182731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Explores the life of the revolutionary, diplomat, and guerrilla legend; including his early years in Argentina; guerrilla warfare in Cuba; diplomatic missions to China, India, and the United Nations; and revolutionary struggle against the military regimein Bolivia.
Che Guevara
Author: Allan Todd
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399042777
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Although Che Guevara was murdered almost sixty years ago, the famous red-and-black image of him is still widely seen around the world: at leftist political demonstrations and, ironically - given his strong opposition to capitalism - on many commercial products. However, he was a controversial figure during his lifetime - and remains so today. On both the political left and the political right, attitudes to him vary widely: while some see him as a romantic, highly-principled and legendary fighter for the world’s poor and exploited masses, others depict him either as an unrealistic and thus irrelevant adventurer, or even as a ruthless and cold-blooded butcher. Consequently, biographies about him over the decades have ranged from the overly sympathetic, to the extremely hostile. As well as covering aspects of his family life and his loves - and his early, sometimes less-than-revolutionary, attitudes - this biography, as expected, deals with those areas for which Che is best known. These include his adventurous explorations, as a young man on a motorbike, of Latin and Central America; his leadership and bravery during Cuba’s Revolutionary War; his practical and theoretical contributions to the conduct of guerrilla warfare; and his emergence as an international revolutionary legend who inspired radical young people in the 1960s, and who continues to inspire rebellious people around the world today. However, this biography also explores other aspects of Che’s life which are not so well-known. From an early age, he developed a keen love of reading, covering an eclectic mix of adventure stories, poetry, history and philosophy - and, from his teens, he began a lifetime habit of making notes on what he read. He also became a strong chess player, able enough to draw with one of the world’s leading grandmasters. Even during guerrilla campaigns, he managed to maintain those loves. Since his murder, he has emerged as an original contributor to Marxist economics and philosophy. It was his wide-ranging studies that led him to become an outspoken opponent of the ‘orthodox’ communism followed in the Soviet Union - and of its Cold War foreign policy of ‘peaceful coexistence’. His tolerance of, and willingness to work with, those having different views saw him accused of Maoism - and even Trotskyism. More accurately, Che has bequeathed the unique strand of revolutionary socialism known as ‘Guevarism’.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399042777
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Although Che Guevara was murdered almost sixty years ago, the famous red-and-black image of him is still widely seen around the world: at leftist political demonstrations and, ironically - given his strong opposition to capitalism - on many commercial products. However, he was a controversial figure during his lifetime - and remains so today. On both the political left and the political right, attitudes to him vary widely: while some see him as a romantic, highly-principled and legendary fighter for the world’s poor and exploited masses, others depict him either as an unrealistic and thus irrelevant adventurer, or even as a ruthless and cold-blooded butcher. Consequently, biographies about him over the decades have ranged from the overly sympathetic, to the extremely hostile. As well as covering aspects of his family life and his loves - and his early, sometimes less-than-revolutionary, attitudes - this biography, as expected, deals with those areas for which Che is best known. These include his adventurous explorations, as a young man on a motorbike, of Latin and Central America; his leadership and bravery during Cuba’s Revolutionary War; his practical and theoretical contributions to the conduct of guerrilla warfare; and his emergence as an international revolutionary legend who inspired radical young people in the 1960s, and who continues to inspire rebellious people around the world today. However, this biography also explores other aspects of Che’s life which are not so well-known. From an early age, he developed a keen love of reading, covering an eclectic mix of adventure stories, poetry, history and philosophy - and, from his teens, he began a lifetime habit of making notes on what he read. He also became a strong chess player, able enough to draw with one of the world’s leading grandmasters. Even during guerrilla campaigns, he managed to maintain those loves. Since his murder, he has emerged as an original contributor to Marxist economics and philosophy. It was his wide-ranging studies that led him to become an outspoken opponent of the ‘orthodox’ communism followed in the Soviet Union - and of its Cold War foreign policy of ‘peaceful coexistence’. His tolerance of, and willingness to work with, those having different views saw him accused of Maoism - and even Trotskyism. More accurately, Che has bequeathed the unique strand of revolutionary socialism known as ‘Guevarism’.
Che Guevara
Author: Kate Havelin
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 082255951X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A biography of the revolutionary leader who befriended Fidel Castro and helped guerrilla forces overthrow the government of Cuba.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 082255951X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A biography of the revolutionary leader who befriended Fidel Castro and helped guerrilla forces overthrow the government of Cuba.
Che Guevara
Author: Richard L. Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This concise biography of the world famous revolutionary Che Guevara provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of his remarkable life, tragic death, and enduring political legacy. Che Guevara is one of the most controversial and iconic figures in recent memory and is still a hero to many. Che Guevara: A Biography provides a balanced and engaging introduction to the famous revolutionary leader. Based on original research, the biography reveals how Che's early life prepared him for leadership in the Cuban Revolution. It also explores his revolutionary activities in Africa and Bolivia, as well as the circumstances surrounding his tragic death on October 9, 1967. More than just a record of events, the book cogently examines Che's contributions to the theory and tactics of guerrilla warfare, his ideas about imperialism and socialism, and his enduring political legacy. It includes original information on the 1997 discovery of the hidden remains of his body and on the celebration of his life and ideals by the socialist regime in Cuba. And it looks at the reasons why leftist political leaders, movements, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean still pay homage to this charismatic man.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This concise biography of the world famous revolutionary Che Guevara provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of his remarkable life, tragic death, and enduring political legacy. Che Guevara is one of the most controversial and iconic figures in recent memory and is still a hero to many. Che Guevara: A Biography provides a balanced and engaging introduction to the famous revolutionary leader. Based on original research, the biography reveals how Che's early life prepared him for leadership in the Cuban Revolution. It also explores his revolutionary activities in Africa and Bolivia, as well as the circumstances surrounding his tragic death on October 9, 1967. More than just a record of events, the book cogently examines Che's contributions to the theory and tactics of guerrilla warfare, his ideas about imperialism and socialism, and his enduring political legacy. It includes original information on the 1997 discovery of the hidden remains of his body and on the celebration of his life and ideals by the socialist regime in Cuba. And it looks at the reasons why leftist political leaders, movements, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean still pay homage to this charismatic man.
Che Guevara
Author: Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN: 0822590352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business leaders and government officials were relieved. To the rich and powerful, Guevara was dangerous. His anti-capitalist movement sought to strip big businesses of their land and power. He wanted to set up socialist systems to spread wealth and resources among ordinary workers--in Latin America and all around the world. How did the fiercely independent and internationally admired revolutionary leader end his life as a captive in a tiny Bolivian village? Why did he die a hunted man, without a fair trial, at the hands of a Bolivian soldier? And how did his story become a legend?--From publisher description.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN: 0822590352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business leaders and government officials were relieved. To the rich and powerful, Guevara was dangerous. His anti-capitalist movement sought to strip big businesses of their land and power. He wanted to set up socialist systems to spread wealth and resources among ordinary workers--in Latin America and all around the world. How did the fiercely independent and internationally admired revolutionary leader end his life as a captive in a tiny Bolivian village? Why did he die a hunted man, without a fair trial, at the hands of a Bolivian soldier? And how did his story become a legend?--From publisher description.