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Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him Paperback – Illustrated, August 26, 2008

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A debunking of liberal myths about one of the most bloodthirsty icons of the twentieth century.

Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the mainstream media celebrate Ernesto "Che" Guevara as a saint, a sex symbol, and a selfless martyr. But their ideas about Che—whose face adorns countless T-shirts and posters—are based on the lies of Fidel Castro's murderous dictatorship.

Che's hipster fans are classic "useful idiots," the name Stalin gave to foolish Westerners who parroted his lies about communism. And their numbers only increased after a new biopic was released, starring Benicio Del Toro.

But as Humberto Fontova reveals in this myth-shattering book, Che was actually a bloodthirsty executioner, a military bumbler, a coward, and a hypocrite. In fact, Che can be called the godfather of modern terrorism.

Fontova reveals:

• How he longed to destroy New York City with nuclear missiles.
• How he persecuted gays, blacks, and religious people.
• How he loved material wealth and private luxuries, despite his image as an ascetic.

Are Che fans like Angelina Jolie, Jesse Jackson, Carlos Santana, and Johnny Depp too ignorant to realize they've been duped? Or too anti-American to care?

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Humberto Fontova left Cuba in 1961 at the age of seven. He has written for several conservative magazines and has appeared on radio and television. He is the author of Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant and Exposing the Real Che Guevara.

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Publisher : Sentinel; Illustrated edition (August 26, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1595230521
ISBN-13 : 978-1595230522
Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.58 x 0.73 x 8.42 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #495,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #161 in History of Cuba (Books)
- #243 in Historical Latin America Biographies
- #311 in Central America History

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MakukHaus

This should be required reading in college history and ethnic studies courses

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2019

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This is one of the few books about Mr. Guevara that tells the truth about his homicidal, psychopathic lifestyle. Many US historians refuse to use refugee sources as they insist that the refugees are "disgruntled" and "biased." If historians applied that standard to the study of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, they would only have taken information on the Holocaust from Eichmann and Streicher. This book points out that far from "starving illiterate farmworkers" the farmworkers in Cuba earned more than those in Belgium, Germany, and several other European nations. Cuba had more doctors and dentists per capita than the US or the UK - and there was a waiting list of Europeans waiting to immigrate to Cuba. From the third highest standard of living in the Western hemisphere and a First World economy, Fidel and Che managed to turn Cuba into a malnourished hell hole where the daily "ration" of food is less than the minimum the King of Spain mandated for slaves in the 1840s. It tells the story of how everyday Cubans fled, not with their wealth, but often without their earrings! How Cuba went from having had an elected Black President, Black government ministers, and Black senators to having Blacks so underrepresented that they comprise only 0.08% of the ruling Communist Party. This is the story of how small farmers continued to fight against Che and Fidel until 1966, even though JFK and the British were preventing any assistance from reaching the brave farmers. It tells the story of the institution of segregation on Cuban beaches, and the extreme racism of Che Guevara and most of the "revolutionaries." It also tells the story of how the Bolivian peasants were so enamored of Che that they not only kept the Bolivian military apprised of his location, but they wished to be inducted into the armed forces so that they could hunt down this massively offensive foreigner. The book also notes that the US boycott had minimal impact on Cuba, that only 5% of foreign investment in Cuba was from the US - and that Che so totally destroyed the economy that he was reduced to draining the blood from the many scheduled for execution and selling it to other Communist countries. Prisoners were drained and then dragged and propped up to be shot, and Che told his father - and others - that he enjoyed killing people.

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Jack M

What a mish-mash

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2019

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The author writes as if the reader has intimate knowledge of Guevara. There's no sense of timing. Instead he jumps from one year to another on the same page. One event to another in a haphazard way. He describes a terrorist plot to blow up national monuments here in the US and never explains who got away, why they got away, and leaves you with some unknown participant as the fall guy. Don't waste your money on this all-over-the-place book.

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cicisbo

Necessary to formulate your own opinion

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019

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I'm not a fan of Che Guevara. There are aspects of this man's life that are not indicative of a person who wanted socialism; something that most intellects who have scrutinized his life can understand. Yes Che was responsible for the murders of hundreds. Yes these people were sent to their executions without a judicial system in place. To send a person to their death, just because you like watching them die, is dishonorable. In the same light, there are some discrepancies in the book. Che did receive his medical degree. He studied medicine at Buenos Aires in 1951, left school, and returned to earn his degree in 1953. He just never took medicine seriously. You have to read this book with a grain of salt. Some want to hail this man as a martyr, and rebel. Those who were affected by his ruthless murdering rampage, and his ideologies on making the "bourgeois" suffer (as well as his intent to want to destroy three U.S. national landmarks), well, there is at least some truth down the middle when it comes to the myth and the man. You really need to formulate your own opinion when reading biographies, and not necessarily take everything as "truth."

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An excellent read. The author backs up what he says ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2018

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A real eye opener. An excellent read. The author backs up what he says with solid references. To think The United States goes all over the world fighting Dictators of murderous totalitarian governments and allowed Cuba to be taken over by Communist thugs just 90 miles from our shore. Pitiful.

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Vier

Very important to know the truth

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019

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I am very impressed with how easily youth and specially famous artists are falling for the trap to see this man as a hero, a role model.
Maybe the fact that I am a victim of the Marxist ideas I was a fan too a long time ago, and I know how much harm this ideology has caused to my Latin America, I think now that many more people should have access to this true stories that help put this man in his right place in history.

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labsietoots

Very well written and truth about the too many people ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018

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Very well written and truth about the too many people to count who are true Idiots to idolize Che as these persons very clearly do not know anything about the real truth about Che and just take, and far too many or them, who run with the idiots who have never read about the real CheGuevara and the assassin he really was, executing the most innocent first.

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Michael J. Henry

It’s cool to be a square.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020

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I like how this true history disproves the many false accounts of Che as a supposed hero from the naive young rebellious kids. I love hip hop and rock but socialism is evil, so I am pleased to not be ‘cool’ along with the others who’s minds have been poisoned with a sexy rebellious narrative comprised of lies. I find humor in the fact that the abysmal higher education is taught by foolish graying kids who profess to know facts and seduce our best and brightest into an insidious sleepwalk to totalitarian servitude.

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Jean Klett

A Must Read

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2018

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This is a must read filled with eye-witness accounts. The tyranny and bloodthirsty nature of this leftist icon, Ernesto “Che” Guevara must be exposed. Fontova does a great job chronicling the evils of the Cuban communist regime.

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Dan Martin

A historical tribute to Che's victims

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2017

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I have just read this book and am glad I did. Until recently I confess I knew little when it comes to Cuba and the so-called revolution there. This book exposes the lies, which I, and the rest of the world, had been fed about the transition, which took place in 1959. We all know that the useful idiots still abound. You cannot go out anywhere without seeing one of those damn T-shirts! Che was a murdering terrorist who, with Fidel Castro, created a terrorist and feudal/slave State. I also recommend:
Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag: A Memoir of Life in Castor's Gulag, by Valladares, Armando. This will confirm much of what Mr Fontova writes in this excellent book.
Thank you Humberto Fontova!

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G. J. Matthews

Dubious character!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2019

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Not such a saint. Great read!

Ovidio Gentiloni

Da far leggere in tutte le scuole

Reviewed in Italy on November 24, 2014

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Il fichetto della rivoluzione cubana messo a nudo.
Tutti fatti storici, che permettono di comprendere come "l'eroe" popolare fosse un cretino, vile e criminale.
Ma, essendo dalla parte giusta.........
Esistono montagne di libri e pubblicazioni apologetici su questo tanghero, finalmente si può leggere anche l'altra campana.
E' tutto esposto in maniera molto netta, direi estrema, ma sono fatti, quindi difficili da negare.
Se poi si vuole interpretarli a piacere (o nasconderli, come s'è quasi sempre fatto).....
Basti pensare alla tentata invasione anticastrista della Baia dei Porci.
Il "nostro" s'è sparato da solo in faccia a km da dove si combatteva, eppure l'hanno fatto passare per eroe.
Dà da pensare!
E' anche molto interessante il capitolo dedicato al sistema ideato per procurarsi il sostegno acritico e incondizionato di attori, musicisti, scrittori........
Microspie nelle camere d'albergo e poi, una volta beccati i dementi con prostitute, con bambini, con droga, si passava all'incasso "mediatico".
Anche questo dà da pensare!!!

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Souvik

Truth About Che Guevara. Highly Recommended. Must Read.

Reviewed in India on December 1, 2016

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One of the best books I have ever read about politically motivated psychopathic communist war criminal & killer that nobody in the world dares to unearth this fact. Thank you Humberto Fontova!

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Renjith

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on July 8, 2017

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Great book. It reveals the real face of a psychopath

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