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This new edition of Che Guevara's diary of the last year of his life describes Che's efforts to launch a guerrilla insurrection against the military government of Bolivia. It was found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian Army in October 1967.This edition includes Fidel Castro's "A Necessary Introduction," exposing the lies of an earlier, pre-emptive edition prepared by the C.I.A. to discredit Che and the Bolivian expedition, as well as the Cuban Revolution itself.
The Bolivian Diary reveals an older, more time-tested, and health-compromised Che than either the exuberant The Motorcycle Diaries or the mature and implacable Congo Diary. There is rich irony here as he recounts the daily challenges faced by his small guerrilla band, the pronouncements of the military government, and the actions of the large military force attacking them. The last entry describes the day before Che's capture, two days before his murder.
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- ISBN: 9781644210758
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- ISBN: 9781644210758
- File size: 6908 KB
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- English
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February 1, 2023
When a disguised Che Guevara arrived in Bolivia in November of 1966, he aimed to launch the opening salvo of a wave of revolutions across South America that would liberate the continent from imperialist regimes. Less than a year later, unable to succeed against overwhelming odds as he had a decade earlier in Cuba, Che was captured and executed by U.S.-backed forces of President Barrientos. In his possession was a handwritten notebook recording the daily struggles of the intervening months, as Che's dwindling forces failed to enlist the local peasantry. From the very first entry with its catalogue of biting and stinging insects, readers are immersed in the grim and gritty reality of guerilla warfare, a litany of illness, hunger, privation, treachery, danger, and death. Revealed in swift matter-of-fact entries is Che the man, fallible yet determined, resilient, and grimly humorous in the face of terrible losses; it is a story of heartrending pathos. VERDICT Among Seven Stories Press's vibrant English and Spanish editions of Che's complete works, this raw account of his desperate and ultimately tragic final campaign makes a riveting and sobering bookend to the youthful idealism of his cult classic The Motorcycle Diaries.
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