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Per scrivere la biografia di Ernesto Che Guevara, Anderson ha vissuto per tre anni a La Habana e per realizzare le sue interviste ha viaggiato in Sud America, in Europa e in Russia. È a lui che si deve la scoperta, avvenuta nel 1996, del luogo di sepoltura del Che: molte delle informazioni raccolte in quell’occasione sono alla base del suo libro, che è insieme un resoconto sulla vita del Che e una narrazione sulla storia dell’America Latina durante i problematici anni della Guerra Fredda. Anderson ha inoltre avuto accesso ai diari, custoditi dalla vedova del Che, Aleida March, e agli impenetrabili archivi del governo cubano. Attingendo a una vasta gamma di interviste e fonti secondarie, fra le quali spiccano documenti finora poco noti provenienti dal Sud America e materiali dall’archivio segreto del Kgb, Anderson crea un ritratto esaustivo dell’uomo e del combattente.
Editore : Fandango Libri (18 giugno 2009)
Lingua : Italiano
Copertina flessibile : 1180 pagine
ISBN-10 : 8860441048
ISBN-13 : 978-8860441041
Peso articolo : 1,78 Kilograms
Dimensioni : 21 x 5.2 x 17 cm
Che Guevara
Disegni all’altezza dell’autore. Peccato manchi un edizione in lingua italiana.
ottimo ! nessun difetto d impaginazione !!! f.
ottimo ! nessun difetto d impaginazione !!! f.
Molto interessante!
Libro molto interessante che descrive in dettaglio la vita del Che dalla nascita fino alla morte.Seguita da varie testimonianze, si riesce a percepire il lungo viaggio del autore per trovare la verità sul vissuto del Che.
imperdibile
stupenda biografia di Che Guevara, molto ben scritta, dettagliata e piacevole con un quadro storico preciso. Imperdibile, un pezzo di storia preziosissimo.
Che Guevara
il libro è corposo.. la lettura per ora va via scorrevole, deve interessare il CHE ed il suo periodo politico, altrimenti ci si ferma dopo dieci pagine…
Marxism is bad for business. How do businesses respond in the face of competition? On a moderate scale, they smear or administer propaganda. On a grand scale, they wage war, colonize, brutalize, and exploit while calling it “protecting American interests.” The book “Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life” by Jon Lee Anderson is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and unbiased account of Che Guevara’s life before and during his activities as a Marxist revolutionary guerrilla. Reading this book puts a spotlight on how effective propaganda can be. For example, the general American concensus is that “Comandante” was a violent, bloodthirsty maniac when, in fact, his activities were in accordance with the rules of engagement as necessary in an environment of war; not unlike the actions of George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or George W. Bush during their respective conflicts. Che fought against imperialism, neocolonialism, and the engine that drives them: Capitalism. He fought it wherever he could, and he was truly a man without a country. Although he was Argentina-born, and actually of semi-bourgeois Spanish background, Che fought alongside (and was willing to die for) the Cubans (and won), the Congolese and (did, in fact, die for) the Bolivians. His allegiance was to the impoverished, the marginalized, the indigenous, and the oppressed the world wide over.Side bar: I truly believe that the books we read find us.
Great biography, Well written. Thx.
Che Guevara A Revolutionary life is the biography of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution who was born on 14th June 1928. Che was a name given to him during that conflict which he kept for the rest of his short but historically important life. A hero to many on the left, his slightly doctored (colour change of the star) and very famous photograph taken by Alberto Korda was on many a teenagersâ wall â including mine â when I was young. This book appears is a clear and detailed review of his life from his middle class but relatively poor upbringing in Argentina until his early death by Bolivian soldiers in cahoots with the CIA on 9th October 1967 and the eventual recovery of his body in July 1997.liked about the bookThe is written in a style that suggests the writer was trying their best to be factual and not include any political bias highlighting his good and bad traits. Overall Che comes across as a man who totally believed in the need to fight against US imperialism and to live as a revolutionary foregoing many luxuries even when the Cuban revolution was won such as refusing to take a government ministersâ salary but instead living on his much lower Cuban army Comandantes wage. He expected those who worked and fought with him to have the same ideals and was ruthlessly judgemental to those who acted in any way bourgeois. It also seems that, particularly in his later life, his military judgement was somewhat flawed due to his belief that the indigenous people in Congo and Bolivia would welcome his involvement and want to join in the fighting whereas in reality many informed the authorities where he was and local politicians promised help and then reneged on their promises due to infighting.I would liked to have read more of how he came to his views earlier in his life. According to the book he seemed to move from a carefree intellectual travelling around Latin America to full grown revolutionary in a very short space of time. In fact the book suggests that he almost fell into the Cuban revolution with little or no thought above reading many books by or about Marx, Lenin and other socialist writers.This is a substantial book at nearly 900 pages long but is the best biography I have read. Full of detail but written in a way that keeps the reader interested. Jon Lee Anderson has clearly spent a long time in research and makes many references to speaking with those who were involved with Guevarasâ life and cutting through the contradictions and political blurring of the truth. A book you must read if the life of this revolutionary is of any interest to you.
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âWhat a man can be, he must beâThose were the words of American psychologist Abraham Maslow, a contemporary of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna-Lynch or, simply, âCheâ. Little could have Maslow known then that a man would rise to global renown from the southernmost part of his own continent, trying to be what he could be â a revolutionary of the highest caliber. And in the process, that man would become one of the most dangerous enemies of Maslowâs homeland.Che is relevant to Maslow for another reason too. In transforming himself from a radical reformist of one region into a global revolutionary, Che upturned Maslowâs famed pyramid of human needs. For Che, his socialist cause, self-actualization through Revolution, was the most primitive need while food, sleep, love of friends and family, or even personal safety, did all become luxuries. Power and position did not even figure in his scheme of things. Such was his commitment that he spurned all imaginable comforts like an ascetic, missed the opportunity to be with his dying mother, gave up the pleasures of being a doting father, a loving husband. All because he wanted to uplift the downtrodden and destitute, no matter which part of the world they belonged to.There are people who adopt a cause and devote their lives to it. Then there are some who are born destined for the cause. Ernesto Che Guevara belongs to the latter category. His romantic passion towards his socialistic cause, the sheer determination with which he went about achieving it despite opposition from even closer quarters are all lessons for ages of young minds to come. This biography by Jon Lee Anderson is a comprehensive guide to understanding Che and his ways.Writing the biography of any famous figure, let alone that of someone as charismatic as Che Guevara, is a tough task. Be too overawed by the person, the book runs the risk of becoming a hagiography. Be too distanced, one ends up presenting a dry tome, listing the chronological order of events. It takes a rare mind to treat the subject with respect and at the same time present a faithful perspective. Jon Lee Anderson manages to pull it off. Che is presented as he was, playful as a youngster, one who did sow his wild oats, flirting around, having casual flings, playful and funny. His maturing as a rebel, growth in his social consciousness that was assisted in great measure by his motorcycle journeys across the continent, first by himself and then with his friend Alberto Granado have all been presented in great measure. Cheâs gradual pull into the volatile political situation of Central America, his introduction to Fidel, their collaboration in the guerilla war to liberate Cuba, Cheâs ascension to the role of Minister of Industries, his life during those calm (before the storm) days in Cuba, his eventual return to the field â literally â to spread revolution around the world, the debacle at Congo, and the tragic-but-glorious end at the nondescript Bolivian village of La Higuera are all laid out in such detail that one can only wonder whether Jon Lee Anderson was present in the times of Che, documenting history as it unraveled. Tremendous efforts and research have gone into this book.Che was a man so ahead of his time, just like every great human being that came before him. Like those great minds, political or otherwise, he had ideas that were too progressive to be grasped by his contemporaries. He was revered by many, feared by many more, loved by a lot of people, hated by equally so many, praised by multitude but understood completely by very few. Like the many heroes before him, he understood his strengths, realized his weaknesses, pushed his companions to emulate his strengths, strived to overcome his weaknesses, and led by being a shining example. Simply put, he practiced what he preached.It wonât be a blasphemy, though an irony, to compare Che with Jesus Christ. Both men were born ahead of their times, amidst people too narrow-minded to think about purposes greater than themselves, hoped that the people around them would see the worth of their arguments, wanted to make humans realize their potential and become better, but in the end were left to carry the cross for the sins of people that were too petty-minded and incapable of appreciating their worth. While one man tried to achieve mass deliverance through love and peace, the other chose to use bullets. In the end, betrayal by their own people took them both to their graves. One emerged from his grave three days later and went on to become a god. The other took three decades and has attained an almost equal mystical status amidst droves of youngsters, even amongst those that donât even know his complete name.Whether Cheâs methods were right or wrong is a topic for debate. But his place in the pages of human history, as a persona that future generations can look up to, is undisputed. This unbiased, authentic work by Jon Lee Anderson is an ultimate guide to that Heroic Guerillaâs life and times, as good as any autobiography that Che himself could have written. Must read, must own.