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Che Kindle Edition
I've read about 75% of the paperback edition about seven years ago. But I couldn't get through it. However, as with other books, I was able to complete the Kindle edition in a couple of weeks.
The Kindle edition is an updated/revised addition. It's very well written, completely readable.
At times difficult to keep track of some of the characters, and (in my opinion) it gets a little slow when the author writes about the exploits of other revolutionaries in Argentina or Africa. Also, I was hoping that there would be a happy ending, whereas Che escapes and lives to old age like his partner, Fidel. But, of course, we all know what happens.
At any rate, I really liked the book. Even if you know everything there is to know about Che, it's still worth reading.
 che, hitler, stalin or mao...your choice if you are into mass murderers
If you really want to know the real che get this book instead: Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him***GET THIS BOOK** I am Cuban and suffered under che's murderous rampage in Cuba...this thug was a bloodthirsty criminal. No more, no less...I equate the fascination with him like the "pirate fantasies" in the movies...I think people of the time would have issues with the fun loving image portrayed by Hollywood...Here we have the same coupled with a few "useful idiots" that have no idea who this person really was. I am always amazed when I see the faces of Mao or Che Guevara on clothing or posters by those free spirits who imagine that these men would do anything but kill them for their social and political views. On page 16 of the book I recommend above the author recounts how Henry Gomez made a t-shirt to counter all the "Che Lives" shirts floating around. His said "Che's Dead - Get Over It". Carlos Santana saw it and came over to berate him (never mind that Santata's brand of music was banned in Cuba by Guevara). Santata said, "Che may be dead for you, but he lives in our hearts ... Che is all about love and compassion." They then exchanged points. Santata's were based on fantasy and Gomez in fact. In the end, Santana said what one would expect, "You're getting hung up on facts, man." Wow.
Che's murderous role in the deaths of more than 10,000 people after the Cuban revolution is one minor detail these ignorant che admirers fail to know. Just one story of horror involves a mother pleading for the life of her boy directly in front of Che. He listened, thought, and then picked up the phone and shouted a command for the boy to be taken out and shot immediately. He had no respect for the law. It was a bourgeois detail that impeded the revolution. When one official pleaded for a trial before a sentence of death was passed, Che shouted that the man could conduct his trial tomorrow, but that the execution had to be conducted tonight. Even when there were trials, they were just for show with the sentences already noted on the form prior to the trail. There is much of this.
That so many on the left, including many American media outlets (such as the New York Times, Time Magazine, Life, and many others), helped Castro and Che come to power should still be a matter of shame, but is never mentioned anymore. That so many on the left extolled Che's justice, courage, beauty, and perfections should be always remembered. More than few are still writing today. All of them are wrong, all of them are perpetuating lies. Che ran from real fights and enjoyed bullying and even killing the defenseless.
Far from being a savvy guerrilla leader (despite his book on the subject), he bungled every fight he was in and got lost for weeks at a time. In Bolivia, he never recruited a single Bolivian to his cause. Oh, he tricked a few into joining him by promising them training in the USSR or China, but as soon as they could, many of those deserted and became informants for those looking for Che.
If you are committed to the dream of Che, get informed my friend. If you want to know more of the reality of who he really was and the atrocities he committed, Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him* is the book to get, not one that just perpetuates the myth.
Far from being Satre's "most complete human being of our time", he was a monster who improved the world most when he was sent out of it.
The narrator spoiled the fun of listening to a good book
I think the book has a lot of merit and I should have been very satisfied with listening to it. But, as Spanish is my native tongue, the horrendous pronunciation of Spanish names by the narrator was extremely irritant, spoiling my listening experience. Obviously, the man is too arrogant or ignorant (possible both) to bother to ask how to pronounce spanish names. Also at fault is the production of the audiobook. This is a very unprofessional attitude just due to this fact I wouldn't recommend hearing this audiobook to anybody whose mother tongue is Spanish.
 The best biography I have ever read
Doesn't demonize or lionize Guevara. Very detailed, well researched. Reads well...the end slows down, probably because Che's diary entries started becoming less frequent or there are very few living witnesses to his time in the Bolivan countryside. A great account of the Cuban revolution, and a sad statement on the high ideals of the revolution and how it was betrayed in its earliest years by Fidel, Che and others.
Jon Lee Anderson is a dope!
For a real picture of what Che Guevara was really like (a thug, a pathological murderer, an incompetent guerrilla fighter, a loser, a liar and a coward) read the book by Humberto Fontova "Exposing the real Che Guevara and the useful idiots who idolize him."
Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him
Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant
Shadow Warrior/the CIA Hero of a Hundred Unknown Battles
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