the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating historical figures, by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson
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Massive political biography on the most famous revolutionary of the century, with a cast of world figures such as Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao, and Jean-Paul Sartre, and tales of intrigue between Moscow and Washington, the revolutonary capitals of Havana and Algiers, and the exile havens of Guatemala and Miami. The first complete biography benefitting from access to Cuban government sources and the co-operation of Che's widow. 32pp b/w photographs 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. This work tells the tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations.