| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bolivian Diary'
Looking back on the life of his revolutionary comrade Che Guevara in his introduction to the Bolivian Diary, Fidel Castro claims that "rarely, if ever, in history has one man's image, name and example spread so rapidly and so completely". Ernesto Guevara de la Sema is the ultimate revolutionary, an icon who spawned a million T-shirts, and whose death in 1967 whilst fermenting revolution in Bolivia enshrined him as a martyr of the radical Left. In his short life Che Guevara led military revolutions in Mexico, the Congo and, most famously, Cuba, before heading to Bolivia in 1966 to establish a guerrilla movement in an attempt to overthrow the Bolivian military dictatorship.
His Bolivian Diary, first published in Cuba in 1968, is the remarkable and ultimately tragic first-hand account of Che's formation of a tiny band of revolutionaries, his attempt to proselytise the local peasants, his skirmishes with the Bolivian army, and his final shootout and cold-blooded execution at the hands of the military in October 1967. Stripped of the romantic idealism usually associated with Che, the diary is a sobering account of the drudgery, fear and monotony of guerrilla warfare. Much of the diary is taken up with the preoccupations of basic survival in the primitive conditions of the Bolivian mountains, whilst playing a tense and often ineffective game of hit and run with the Bolivian army. There are some wonderful moments, such as Che breaking off from military preparations to remember that, "I must write some letters to Sartre and Bertrand Russell..." or commandeering a jeep and running it on the urine of his guerrillas. Ultimately this is a tough, uncompromising portrait of a ruthlessly disciplined and single-minded man, relishing a conflict which "gives us the opportunity to turn ourselves into revolutionaries, the highest state of the human species". --Jerry Brotton [via]
More editions of Bolivian Diary:

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara'
More editions of The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara:

› Find signed collectible books: 'Che:Selected Works of Ernesto Guevara: Selected Works of Ernesto Guevara'
More editions of Che:Selected Works of Ernesto Guevara: Selected Works of Ernesto Guevara:
› Find signed collectible books: 'El Socialismo Y El Hombre En Cuba'
La presentacián más conocida de las tareas y desafíos políticos al conducir la transicián del capitalismo al socialismo. Incluye el discurso presentado por Castro en 1987, con motivo del vigésimo aniversario de la muerte de Guevara.
También disponible en: English; French; Swedish; Farsi
Socialism and Man in Cuba. Guevara's best-known presentation of the political tasks and challenges in leading the transition from capitalism to socialism. Includes Castro's 1987 speech on the 20th anniversary of Guevara's death. [via]
More editions of El Socialismo Y El Hombre En Cuba:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Guerilla Warfare'
Case studies that apply Che's theories on revolution to political situations in seven Latin American countries from the 1960s to the present. [via]
More editions of Guerilla Warfare:

› Find signed collectible books: 'Guerrilla Warfare'
More editions of Guerrilla Warfare:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Guerrilla Warfare'
Che Guevara, the larger-than-life hero of the 1959 revolutionary victory that overturned the Cuban dictatorship, believed that revolution would also topple the imperialist governments in Latin America. Che's call to action, his proclamation of "invincibility"-the ultimate victory of revolutionary forces-continues to influence the course of Latin American history and international relations. His amazing life story has lifted him to almost legendary status.
This edition of Che's classic work Guerrilla Warfare contains the text of his book, as well as two later essays titled "Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" and "Message to the Tricontinental." A detailed introduction by Brian Loveman and Thomas M. Davies, Jr., examines Guevara's text, his life and political impact, the situation in Latin America, and the United States' response to Che and to events in Latin America. Loveman and Davies also provide in-depth case studies that apply Che's theories on revolution to political situations in seven Latin American countries from the 1960s to the present. Also included are political chronologies of each country discussed in the case studies and a postscript tying the analyses together.
This book will help students gain a better understanding of Che's theoretical contribution to revolutionary literature and the inspiration that his life and Guerrilla Warfare have provided to revolutionaries since the 1960s.This volume is an invaluable addition to courses in Latin American studies and political science.
[via]
› Find signed collectible books: 'Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara'
More editions of Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara:

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South America'
An expanded and freshly translated edition of the cult bestseller, for a new generation of Che Guevara fans. In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on 'La Poderosa', the Powerful One: a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Che Guevara. Written eight years before the Cuban Revolution, these are Che's diaries -- full of disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy and laddish improvisations. During his travels through Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, Che's main concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it. Che becomes a stowaway, a fireman and a football coach; he sometimes falls in love and frequently falls off the motorbike. Within a decade the whole world would know his name. His trip might have been an adventure of a lifetime -- had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure.; Features exclusive, unpublished photos taken by the 23-year old Ernesto on his journey across the continent.; and a tender preface by Aleida Guevara, offering an insightful perspetive on her father -- the man and the icon. [via]
More editions of The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South America:

› Find signed collectible books: 'Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War'
More editions of Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Socialism and Man in Cuba'
Guevara's best-known presentation of the political tasks and challenges in leading the transition from capitalism to socialism. Includes Castro's 1987 speech on the 20th anniversary of Guevara's death. [via]
More editions of Socialism and Man in Cuba:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Socialism and Man in Cuba, and Other Works'
More editions of Socialism and Man in Cuba, and Other Works:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Venceremos!: The Speeches and Writings of Ernesto Che Guevara'
More editions of Venceremos!: The Speeches and Writings of Ernesto Che Guevara:
› Find signed collectible books: 'What Is Dying?'
More editions of What Is Dying?:

› Find signed collectible books: 'Socialismen och Manniskan pa Kuba'
More editions of Socialismen och Manniskan pa Kuba:
› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Socialisme et l'Homme a Cuba'
Dans le mieux connu de ses écrits, Che Guevara explique les tâches et les défis politiques de direction qui se posent dans la transition du capitalisme au socialisme. Contient le discours prononcé à loccasion du vingtième anniversaire de la mort de Che Guevara par le président cubain Fidel Castro.
Photos. Maintenant avec index et caractères typographiques plus grands.
Aussi disponible en : English, Spanish, Swedish, Farsi [via]
More editions of Le Socialisme et l'Homme a Cuba:

› Find signed collectible books: 'Socialism and Man in Cuba'
More editions of Socialism and Man in Cuba:
Founded in 1997, BookFinder.com has become a leading book price comparison site:
Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over 100,000 booksellers and 60+ websites worldwide.
