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Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed revolution. Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the battlefields of the Cuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro’s government to his failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivian jungle.

Anderson has had unprecedented access to the personal archives maintained by Guevara’s widow and carefully guarded Cuban government documents. He has conducted extensive interviews with Che’s comradessome of whom speak here for the first timeand with the CIA men and Bolivian officers who hunted him down. Anderson broke the story of where Guevara’s body was buried, which led to the exhumation and state burial of the bones. Many of the details of Che’s life have long been cloaked in secrecy and intrigue. Meticulously researched and full of exclusive information, Che Guevara illuminates as never before this mythic figure who embodied the high-water mark of revolutionary communism as a force in history.

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Even to those without Marxist sympathies, Che Guevara (1928-67) was a dashing, charismatic figure: the asthmatic son of an aristocratic Argentine family whose sympathy for the world's oppressed turned him into a socialist revolutionary, the valued comrade-in-arms of Cuba's Fidel Castro and a leader of guerilla warfare in Latin America and Africa. Journalist Jon Lee Anderson's lengthy and absorbing portrait captures the complexities of international politics (revolutionary and counter); his painstaking research has unearthed a remarkable amount of new material, including information about Guevara's death at the hands of the Bolivian military.

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. The incredible life of the Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara is documented in this thorough, compulsively engaging 1997 biography and inspiration for Steven Soderbergh's 2008 biopic. Beginning with Che's childhood in Argentina, Andersen covers every possible aspect of his subject's life—from Che's first encounter with Fidel and Raul Castro in Mexico City through the Cuban revolution to his failed attempt at reform in the African Congo—leaving no event, personal or political, unanalyzed. Armando Duran gives a brilliant performance that captures Che in all his contradictions. Duran displays his inherent acting ability in this reading that does full justice to the prose and never fails to captivate despite the near 37-hour length. A Grove Press hardcover. (Oct.)
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From Library Journal

Although Ernesto "Che" Guevara was captured and killed in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967 at the age of 39, his thought and example continue to affect revolutionary movements throughout the world. Much has been written about this guerrilla fighter, ideologue, and world leader, but an adequate biography has not been available, in part because of restrictions on information imposed by the Cuban government. Assisted by Che's widow and family, journalist Anderson (Guerrillas, LJ 9/1/92) was able to interview close friends and associates of Che throughout the world, including in Russia and Cuba. Anderson also gained access to Cuban archives and documents never before consulted. He has written an important journalistic biography that is sympathetic to this influential figure. Though controversy will surround this book (as it always does when the subject is Che), this is an important volume that should be in all academic and most public libraries.?Mark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ., Provo
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From The New Yorker

Anderson's book is an epic end run around the guardians of the Che legend. A journalist who has made a career writing about wars and guerrillas, Anderson lived in Cuba for three years in order to do this project, and he persuaded Che's second wife, Aleida March, to let him read Che's private diaries. He also seems to have talked to everyone else still alive who ever knew Guevara, and one of the things that such dogged reporting has enabled him to do is to tell us, in wonderful new detail, about the hero as a youth.

From Booklist

Earlier this year, there was an exceptional and exciting novel, The Dancer Upstairs, about a Latin American revolutionary and his captor by reporter Nicholas Shakespeare. Soon to be published is this exceptional and exciting biography of the life and death of the larger-than-life revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the Argentine doctor who joined with Castro to overturn Fulgencio Batista's reign in Cuba, and it is written by a reporter. Anderson broke the story about the location of Che Guevara's burial site in 1996 and now uses much of the rest of his formidable research to fill this ample history of Che, which is, as well, a significant history of the turbulent post^-World War II world of Latin America. Unlike other works about Che and that time, this one reflects information derived from the unpublished diaries controlled by Che's widow, Aleida March; from Cuban government archives that were sealed to outsiders (Cuba is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Che and his comrades through 1997); and from current, revealing interviews of Che's closest friends and comrades. Anderson's up-close look, with beauty marks and tragic flaw so effortlessly rendered, brings the reader face to face with a man whose "unshakable faith in his beliefs was made more powerful by his unusual combination of romantic passion and a coldly analytical mind." Readers can identify with Che's concern for the poor and hungry, even if that identification is tempered in our rush to store up goods, even if giving alms to the poor is more fashionable than taking a heroic stance to elevate them. This book, with its 89 photographs, will be an invaluable addition to the literature of American revolutionaries. Bonnie Smothers

From Kirkus Reviews

A sweeping biography of the Latino revolutionary and pop-culture hero. Anderson (Guerrillas, 1992), a journalist with a longtime interest in Latin American affairs, steers clear of ideology, arguing that the Argentinian-born Guevara was both a brilliant tactician and fighter (a conclusion sure to please his admirers) and the truest representative of the old international communist agitator the State Department warned us about (a conclusion equally sure to please Guevara's detractors). Anderson writes at some length about Che's early bohemian days, spent ranging up and down the Americas on a motorcycle, looking for kicks. He goes on to persuasively establish that Guevara's connection with Fidel Castro came much earlier than the standard sources suggest. He also proves beyond doubt that Guevara was captured and executed by Bolivian counterinsurgency rangers and not killed, as the official story had it, in a firefight, automatic weapon in hand. Anderson traces the strange influence of the politics of the Argentine dictator Juan Per¢n on Guevara, analyzes the utterly disastrous mid-1960s Cuban intervention in the Congo, and considers Castro and Guevara's sometimes tense relationship. He shows that Castro did not include Guevara in the publicly visible Cuban revolutionary leadership because Castro feared that featuring an avowed Marxist would alienate his noncommunist allies. (For their part, he writes, the Soviets could never be sure whether Guevara was not truly a Maoist and held him in deep suspicion.) Drawing on a vast range of interviews and secondary sources, including little-known Latin American documents and material from the archives of the KGB, Anderson paints a portrait of Guevara as both hero and fanatic. The author's fondness for showering the reader with every detail he has uncovered makes this sprawling book sometimes tough slogging, but students of Che's life and deeds need look no farther than Anderson's volume. (16 pages photos, not seen) (First printing of 40,000; $75,000 ad/promo; author tour) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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An enduring achievement. It is hard to imagine that any [other biography] will match the volume and detail of the research here....[Guevara s] victories and failures, equally spectacular, are part of our common history....Che lives, not only in this book, but in the world. --Boston Globe

Superb.... Anderson does a masterly job in evoking Che's complex character, in separating the man from the myth....[The book] is especially interesting for being written from a largely Cuban perspective. --New York Times Book Review

[An] exceptional and exciting biography.... Anderson's up-close look, with beauty marks and tragic flaw so effortlessly rendered, brings the reader face to face with a man whose unshakable faith in his beliefs was made more powerful by his unusual combination of romantic passion and a coldly analytical mind. ...[A]n invaluable addition to the literature of American revolutionaries. --Booklist

About the Author

JON LEE ANDERSON began working as a reporter in 1979 for the Lima Times in Peru. During the 1980s he covered Central America first for the syndicated columnist Jack Anderson and later for Time magazine. He has also written for the New York Times, Nation, Harper s, Life, and the Nation and is the author of Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World.

From AudioFile

Fighting for Castro's Cuban revolution and dying while aiding Bolivian guerillas--El Che led a colorful and complex life. Although he executed too many people to be a model of leadership, he did possess a determination to help oppressed people revolt against imperialism. The gifted bilingual narrator Armando Duran speaks both American English and the book's abundant Latin-American Spanish without a trace of accent from the other. His fluency with both languages synchronizes the messenger with the message. He enunciates every word with precision and chooses a pace that will keep listeners' attention for all 36-plus hours. Together, in language rich with personal and political details, both author and narrator produce a riveting biography of a career revolutionary. J.A.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003OYIFZQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; Revised edition (April 20, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 20, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8749 KB
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For many years I have wanted to learn more about Che. I have traveled extensively in the Caribbean and I frequently see young people wearing Che t-shirts and see his likeness painted on the sides of buildings. I was curious as to whether or not he is someone to be revered or reviled. What I have heard of him is contradictory. So I wanted to delve into this controversial character's history but, I was concerned about reading just any literature regarding his story given the propensity of writers to cloud the facts with their own idealism. I read many reviews before ordering this book. I was not disappointed. It was an excellent read and I never felt like I was being manipulated by an author with an agenda. I finished the book and was left with the feeling that Che started with pure, selfless motives to help the people around him but eventually dissolved into megalomania. The author did an excellent job of illuminating the history of the region and intertwining the politics and motivations of all the disparate characters involved in Che's life. OVERALL: a good, balanced read.

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The epic saga of Comandante

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Marxism is bad for business. How do businesses respond in the face of competition? On a moderate scale, they smear or administer propaganda. On a grand scale, they wage war, colonize, brutalize, and exploit while calling it "protecting American interests." The book "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life" by Jon Lee Anderson is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and unbiased account of Che Guevara's life before and during his activities as a Marxist revolutionary guerrilla. Reading this book puts a spotlight on how effective propaganda can be. For example, the general American concensus is that "Comandante" was a violent, bloodthirsty maniac when, in fact, his activities were in accordance with the rules of engagement as necessary in an environment of war; not unlike the actions of George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or George W. Bush during their respective conflicts. Che fought against imperialism, neocolonialism, and the engine that drives them: Capitalism. He fought it wherever he could, and he was truly a man without a country. Although he was Argentina-born, and actually of semi-bourgeois Spanish background, Che fought alongside (and was willing to die for) the Cubans (and won), the Congolese and (did, in fact, die for) the Bolivians. His allegiance was to the impoverished, the marginalized, the indigenous, and the oppressed the world over.

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Long but good if you're interested in Che

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The book is really long, probably too long, but it does a really good job of letting the reader really get to know Che Guevara. The man was a true believer in Communism/Marxism and in toppeling the Imperialistic influence throughout South America... at the cost of alienating his family.

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Che - Was he good or bad?

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

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Please note that I'm writing this review after only having completed about one-half of the book, so weight it accordingly.

The author clearly is a sympathizer and proponent of Che Guevara and presents his facts in that light, painting Che as a true hero. That said, it's not difficult to see through his obvious bias, as he does present a lot factually-based anecdotal information from which the reader can draw his or her own conclusions.

I doubt that anyone who chooses to read this book, or any book about Che's life for that matter, doesn't begin with some predisposition about him as a hero or a cowardly murdering mercenary. I'm finding the author's portrayal of him to be very conflicting in a lot of instances. For example, he's clear in his depiction of Che's intense hatred for the USA because of their "intervention" into Latin America and its politics. And yet that's exactly what Che did in Guatemala, Cuba and other Latin American countries to whom he was just as much an outsider. But apparently his cause is considered by those who support his revolutionary activities as a just means to a noble end. But, conversely, those who saw Communism at that same time as a world-wide threat, and took decisive action to stop those threats, are instead seen as imperialistic meddlers and invaders. It kind of reminds me of those who continue to support Bill Ayers and his so-called counter-culture activities with the Weather Underground, which despite his claims to the contrary, clearly led to the murder of at least one police officer. To them (and to him) I'd ask how is what Bill Ayers did any different than what Charles Manson did (i.e., incite people to go out and murder in the name of some perceived just cause)? Bill Ayers says his cause only promoted property damage activities; it was not about murder. So if you plant an explosive under someone's vehicle to destroy it, and someone happens to get killed in the process, that doesn't count as murder? I don't see what Che did as much different. The end he envisioned, and the cause to reach that end, just didn't justify the means.

All of that said, I'm finding the book to be very interesting and very easy reading. It's a tome (over 800 pages) so be prepared to spend a lot of time with it. And it really has given me a much better insight into who Che really was. I'm learning things I never really knew about him. No question, he was an incredible human being, who's heart appeared to be in the right place. He was a true champion for the working-class people, the proletariat as Marx called them. And he was clearly an extremely intelligent person. Perhaps my view of Che will change more in his favor by the time I finish the book. Either way, at this point I'm convinced that anyone who has any strong feelings, one way or the other, about Che Guevara, absolutely should read this book.

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‘What a man can be, he must be’

Those were the words of American psychologist Abraham Maslow, a contemporary of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna-Lynch or, simply, ‘Che’. Little could have Maslow known then that a man would rise to global renown from the southernmost part of his own continent, trying to be what he could be – a revolutionary of the highest caliber. And in the process, that man would become one of the most dangerous enemies of Maslow’s homeland.

Che is relevant to Maslow for another reason too. In transforming himself from a radical reformist of one region into a global revolutionary, Che upturned Maslow’s famed pyramid of human needs. For Che, his socialist cause, self-actualization through Revolution, was the most primitive need while food, sleep, love of friends and family, or even personal safety, did all become luxuries. Power and position did not even figure in his scheme of things. Such was his commitment that he spurned all imaginable comforts like an ascetic, missed the opportunity to be with his dying mother, gave up the pleasures of being a doting father, a loving husband. All because he wanted to uplift the downtrodden and destitute, no matter which part of the world they belonged to.

There are people who adopt a cause and devote their lives to it. Then there are some who are born destined for the cause. Ernesto Che Guevara belongs to the latter category. His romantic passion towards his socialistic cause, the sheer determination with which he went about achieving it despite opposition from even closer quarters are all lessons for ages of young minds to come. This biography by Jon Lee Anderson is a comprehensive guide to understanding Che and his ways.

Writing the biography of any famous figure, let alone that of someone as charismatic as Che Guevara, is a tough task. Be too overawed by the person, the book runs the risk of becoming a hagiography. Be too distanced, one ends up presenting a dry tome, listing the chronological order of events. It takes a rare mind to treat the subject with respect and at the same time present a faithful perspective. Jon Lee Anderson manages to pull it off. Che is presented as he was, playful as a youngster, one who did sow his wild oats, flirting around, having casual flings, playful and funny. His maturing as a rebel, growth in his social consciousness that was assisted in great measure by his motorcycle journeys across the continent, first by himself and then with his friend Alberto Granado have all been presented in great measure. Che’s gradual pull into the volatile political situation of Central America, his introduction to Fidel, their collaboration in the guerilla war to liberate Cuba, Che’s ascension to the role of Minister of Industries, his life during those calm (before the storm) days in Cuba, his eventual return to the field – literally – to spread revolution around the world, the debacle at Congo, and the tragic-but-glorious end at the nondescript Bolivian village of La Higuera are all laid out in such detail that one can only wonder whether Jon Lee Anderson was present in the times of Che, documenting history as it unraveled. Tremendous efforts and research have gone into this book.

Che was a man so ahead of his time, just like every great human being that came before him. Like those great minds, political or otherwise, he had ideas that were too progressive to be grasped by his contemporaries. He was revered by many, feared by many more, loved by a lot of people, hated by equally so many, praised by multitude but understood completely by very few. Like the many heroes before him, he understood his strengths, realized his weaknesses, pushed his companions to emulate his strengths, strived to overcome his weaknesses, and led by being a shining example. Simply put, he practiced what he preached.

It won’t be a blasphemy, though an irony, to compare Che with Jesus Christ. Both men were born ahead of their times, amidst people too narrow-minded to think about purposes greater than themselves, hoped that the people around them would see the worth of their arguments, wanted to make humans realize their potential and become better, but in the end were left to carry the cross for the sins of people that were too petty-minded and incapable of appreciating their worth. While one man tried to achieve mass deliverance through love and peace, the other chose to use bullets. In the end, betrayal by their own people took them both to their graves. One emerged from his grave three days later and went on to become a god. The other took three decades and has attained an almost equal mystical status amidst droves of youngsters, even amongst those that don’t even know his complete name.

Whether Che’s methods were right or wrong is a topic for debate. But his place in the pages of human history, as a persona that future generations can look up to, is undisputed. This unbiased, authentic work by Jon Lee Anderson is an ultimate guide to that Heroic Guerilla’s life and times, as good as any autobiography that Che himself could have written. Must read, must own.

Dennis Chambers

Es un libro excelente

Reviewed in Spain on October 22, 2017

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Por la multiplicidad de los puntos de vista del biógrafo que investiga la acción política de su protagonista como un politólogo prolijo, y su emotividad como un novelista que fuese un discípulo de Proust moderado o puesto al día por Norman Mailer. La originalidad de "Che Guevara. A Revolutionary Life" es inescindible de la calidad del pensamiento político de JL Anderson, que no hace ninguna concesión a las mitologías despachadas desde La Habana, Moscú, Beijing o el Pop Art acerca de la vida, la obra y los proyectos de guerra revolucionaria o utopías más o menos autodestructivas o suicidas de este personaje que siempre escapa a sus biógrafos. En esta obra no se mitifica a los protagonistas de la tragedía que ha sido el guevarismo. Y sobre todo no se adula a las fieras de la Revolución Cubana que no tuvieron el poético privilegio de morir jóvenes como Lord Byron, a tiempo, como todos los héroes, en olor de santidad, como tantos elegidosdel calendario.

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