- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press USA; New e. edition (22 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195131002
- ISBN-13: 978-0195131000
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.9 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This book tells the story -- for first time -- of the United States government's response to Guevara's ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara's life must be re-evaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National, Security Council. Ryan's dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to all readers interested in this modern revolutionary's remarkable life.
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This book provides a missing piece of the Che Guevara story - a detailed account of the counterattack launched by Washington and its Bolivian allies against his insurgency in Bolivia. I have based the book upon secret documents released to me through the Freedom of Information Act and upon interviews with participants in the CIA, the Green Berets, the State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in La Paz.
This book provides a missing piece of the Che Guevara story - a detailed account of the counterattack launched by Washington and its Bolivian allies against his insurgency in Bolivia. I have based the book upon secret documents released to me through the Freedom of Information Act and upon interviews with participants in the CIA, the Green Berets, the State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in La Paz.
I have analyzed Guevara's failure in Bolivia in the light of new information and have looked at the conflict there from both sides, being careful not to belittle or caricature either one. As I state in the book, "I have tried... to tell without bias the story of two groups of human beings, each with powerful and conflicting convictions, resolving their differences in the unfortunately primitive way that is still humanity's habit." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Che Guevara's body, strapped to the landing skid of a Bolivian helicopter, was on its way to the town of Vallegrande from the tiny backwater settlement of La Higuera, where he had been executed. Read the first page
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Che Guevara's body, strapped to the landing skid of a Bolivian helicopter, was on its way to the town of Vallegrande from the tiny backwater settlement of La Higuera, where he had been executed. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Ryan places Guevara's Bolivian adventure in an historical context that gives it hemispheric significance. As a case study of the US's Latin American counterinsurgency efforts in the 1960s, it demonstrates that the mistakes made in Vietnam were not repeated everywhere. Ryan also attacks some widely held assumptions, including Guevara's diminished ties with Cuba and CIA involvement in his eventual execution. Although objective at all times, this is "history with a heart". Key characters, such as Guevara himself, are brought to life by the author demonstrating not only his mistakes but his tremendous integrity, honor, and determination. A must-read for students of U.S.-Latin American relations during the Cold War.
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Very objective look at a relatively obscure episode.
20 Nov 1998
Format:Hardcover
Ryan places Guevara's Bolivian adventure in an historical context that gives it hemispheric significance. As a case study of the US's Latin American counterinsurgency efforts in the 1960s, it demonstrates that the mistakes made in Vietnam were not repeated everywhere. Ryan also attacks some widely held assumptions, including Guevara's diminished ties with Cuba and CIA involvement in his eventual execution. Although objective at all times, this is "history with a heart". Key characters, such as Guevara himself, are brought to life by the author demonstrating not only his mistakes but his tremendous integrity, honor, and determination. A must-read for students of U.S.-Latin American relations during the Cold War.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Look at Che from the USA's Foreign Service
3 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
Books on Che Guevara are generally classified within the political spectrum the readers put themselves in. This book, by Henry B. Ryan proofs that wrong or different. His writing occured due to the opening of many documents about the Argentinian rebel that were held in silence for years. And, one of the things I do admire most in this Ryan's book is the excellent translation from research into writing his clear, precise use of the English language that turns his writing into an enjoyable narrative so easy to follow.
New also, the metaphorical vision of Guevara within the Arthurian legends frame, not rare if Ryan identifies himself with the Anglo culture, similar as in a book by Regis Debray(Alabados sean nuestros senores) where he makes analogies between Guevara and the Middle ages French epic heroes. (No one have ever written about Che without falling a bit into the mythological trap).
(One thing I share with Mr. B. Ryan as I read the dedication: his profound identification with the little ones in the family)
New also, the metaphorical vision of Guevara within the Arthurian legends frame, not rare if Ryan identifies himself with the Anglo culture, similar as in a book by Regis Debray(Alabados sean nuestros senores) where he makes analogies between Guevara and the Middle ages French epic heroes. (No one have ever written about Che without falling a bit into the mythological trap).
(One thing I share with Mr. B. Ryan as I read the dedication: his profound identification with the little ones in the family)
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