Che Guevara

"Ganske enkelt imponerende" **** Berlingske Tidende Che Guevara - biografien om mennesket og myten er en international bestseller om en af de det 20.århundredes mest modsætningsfyldte personligheder. Che Guevaras drøm var at afskaffe fattigdom og social uretfærdighed i Latinamerika og andre udviklingslande gennem væbnet revolution. Jon Lee Andersons biografi beskriver Ernesto Che Guevaras usædvanlige liv fra hans trygge argentinske opvækst til den cubanske revolutions slagmarker, fra magtens korridor i Fidel Castros regering over hans mislykkede felttog i Congo og til han blev snigmyrdet i Bolivia. Jon Lee Anderson har haft en enestående adgang til flere personlige arkiver, herunder arkiver der har været omhyggeligt bevogtet af Che Guevaras enke og den cubanske regering. Han har gennemført udførlige interviews med Ches kammerater - hvoraf nogle her udtaler sig for første gang - samt med de CIA-folk og bolivianske militærfolk, der fangede ham. Gennem den omhyggelige og udtømmende research belyser Anderson i denne bog den mytiske skikkelse Che Guevara - som et heroisk menneske med fejl og svagheder. "Da Ches liv samtidigt udfolder sig midt i det 20. århundredes konflikter mellem supermagterne i Øst og Vest med Cubakrisen og generationerne før og nu med ungdomsoprøret, er det medlevende at læse bogen." Jyllands-Posten

"Ganske enkelt imponerende" **** Berlingske Tidende Che Guevara - biografien om mennesket og myten er en international bestseller om en af de det 20.århundredes mest modsætningsfyldte personligheder. Che Guevaras drøm var at afskaffe fattigdom og social uretfærdighed i Latinamerika og andre udviklingslande gennem væbnet revolution. Jon Lee Andersons biografi beskriver Ernesto Che Guevaras usædvanlige liv fra hans trygge argentinske opvækst til den cubanske revolutions slagmarker, fra magtens korridor i Fidel Castros regering over hans mislykkede felttog i Congo og til han blev snigmyrdet i Bolivia. Jon Lee Anderson har haft en enestående adgang til flere personlige arkiver, herunder arkiver der har været omhyggeligt bevogtet af Che Guevaras enke og den cubanske regering. Han har gennemført udførlige interviews med Ches kammerater - hvoraf nogle her udtaler sig for første gang - samt med de CIA-folk og bolivianske militærfolk, der fangede ham. Gennem den omhyggelige og udtømmende research belyser Anderson i denne bog den mytiske skikkelse Che Guevara - som et heroisk menneske med fejl og svagheder. "Da Ches liv samtidigt udfolder sig midt i det 20. århundredes konflikter mellem supermagterne i Øst og Vest med Cubakrisen og generationerne før og nu med ungdomsoprøret, er det medlevende at læse bogen." Jyllands-Posten

With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most fascinating figures by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson is truly definitive and monumental - not least because its creation solved a twenty-eight-year-old mystery: the whereabouts of Che Guevara's body... 'Masterly and absorbing' -- The Sunday Times 'Brilliantly evoked... The portrait is now as complete as it will ever be' -- The Times Literary Supplement 'Absorbing and convincing... an indispensable work of contemporary history' ? Guardian 'Probably the best biography I have read' -- ***** Reader review 'It's hard to imagine that this work can be bettered' -- ***** Reader review 'Simply outstanding' -- ***** Reader review 'A terrific read and genuinely the type of book you can't put down after you start reading......' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************** A myth in his own lifetime; an international martyr-figure upon his death; a revolutionary fighter; a military strategist; a social philosopher; an economist; a medical doctor; a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. In the end Che failed in his quest but he is recognized as that one-in-a-million personality who just might have pulled it off. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life shuttles between the revolutionary capitals of Havana and Algiers to the battlegrounds of Bolivia and the Congo ; from the halls of power in Moscow and Washington to the exile havens of Miami , Mexico and Guatemala , in a gripping tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. It has an epic sweep as it evokes an era of tumultuous change, describing major events like the Bay of Pigs invasion , the October Missile crisis and Kennedy's assassination , weaving in a cast of historic personalities including Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao Tse-tung, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. With its painstaking research, never-before-seen documentation and compelling narrative, this is really the ultimate biography of a unique man.

With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most fascinating figures by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson is truly definitive and monumental - not least because its creation solved a twenty-eight-year-old mystery: the whereabouts of Che Guevara's body... 'Masterly and absorbing' -- The Sunday Times 'Brilliantly evoked... The portrait is now as complete as it will ever be' -- The Times Literary Supplement 'Absorbing and convincing... an indispensable work of contemporary history' ? Guardian 'Probably the best biography I have read' -- ***** Reader review 'It's hard to imagine that this work can be bettered' -- ***** Reader review 'Simply outstanding' -- ***** Reader review 'A terrific read and genuinely the type of book you can't put down after you start reading......' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************** A myth in his own lifetime; an international martyr-figure upon his death; a revolutionary fighter; a military strategist; a social philosopher; an economist; a medical doctor; a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. In the end Che failed in his quest but he is recognized as that one-in-a-million personality who just might have pulled it off. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life shuttles between the revolutionary capitals of Havana and Algiers to the battlegrounds of Bolivia and the Congo ; from the halls of power in Moscow and Washington to the exile havens of Miami , Mexico and Guatemala , in a gripping tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. It has an epic sweep as it evokes an era of tumultuous change, describing major events like the Bay of Pigs invasion , the October Missile crisis and Kennedy's assassination , weaving in a cast of historic personalities including Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao Tse-tung, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. With its painstaking research, never-before-seen documentation and compelling narrative, this is really the ultimate biography of a unique man.

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 comrades--some of whom speak here for the first time--and 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.

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 comrades--some of whom speak here for the first time--and 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.