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The American

27th January 2011, 04:02

Specifically I am looking for a journal or a diary of a Vietcong soldier during the Vietnam War, but a diary of any other guerrilla would be welcome as well
Thank you

MagÃ³n

27th January 2011, 04:13

The Bolivian Diaries by Che Guevara

The African Dream by Che Guevara

Those are just two off the top of my head.

Nothing Human Is Alien

27th January 2011, 04:22

A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394743091?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394743091) by Truong Nhu Tang

Che's Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1920888330?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1920888330)

Fertile Ground: Che Guevara and Bolivia, A First-Hand Account (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873489233?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0873489233) by Rodolfo Saldaña

Pombo: A Man of Che's Guerrilla, With Che Guevara in Bolivia 1966-68 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873488334?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0873488334)

At the Side of Che Guevara: Interviews With Harry Villegas (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873488555?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0873488555)

Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865: A Riveting Account of a Bloody Chapter in Civil War History (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0253213037?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0253213037)

Guerrilla Warfare - An Infantry Journal (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141039272?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0141039272)

Nothing Human Is Alien

27th January 2011, 04:33

One more...

From Ghetto to Guerrilla: Memior of a Jewish Resistance Fighter (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097776219X?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=097776219X)by Samuel Lato

The American

27th January 2011, 07:28

Thanks for the suggestions, but theres only so much Che I can stomach. Are there any published journals of a chinese, vietnamese, or even nicaraguan guerrillas?

Nothing Human Is Alien

28th January 2011, 03:01

I posted one from a Vietnamese fighter:

A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394743091?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394743091) by Truong Nhu Tang

There's also The Rubber Tree: Memoir of a Vietnamese Woman Who Was an Anti-French Guerrilla, a Publisher and a Peace Activist (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0899509541?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0899509541)

You may also be interested in:

Fire from the Mountain: The Making of a Sandanista (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452262763?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0452262763)

The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400032164?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400032164) (Nicaraguan)

Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1902593480?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1902593480) (Canadian)

The Road Not Taken: Memoirs of a Reluctant Guerrilla (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439204012?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439204012) (supposedly a Jamaican sent by his government to a Cuban training camp)

The Comandante Speaks: Memoirs of an El Salvadoran Guerrilla Leader (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813310660?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0813310660)

My life for my friends: The guerrilla journal of Nestor Paz (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006CECYM?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0006CECYM) (Bolivian)

MagÃ³n

28th January 2011, 04:00

The American

28th January 2011, 04:32

Political_Chucky

28th January 2011, 08:12

Christ I must be going blind I didn't even see that. Thanks for this and the other suggestions, I'll definitely check it out

MMMM I don't know any guerrila-type books besides the ones that were already mentioned.

Nothing Human Is Alien

28th January 2011, 14:30

It's not really a Guerrilla fighter book, but Out of the Night is written by a guy who was in the German Revolution of 1918, and goes around the world for the comintern. Interesting book if you can find a copy anymore?

Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1902593863?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1902593863)

Rakhmetov

28th January 2011, 16:59

Specifically I am looking for a journal or a diary of a Vietcong soldier during the Vietnam War, but a diary of any other guerrilla would be welcome as well
Thank you

The Pombo one I looked at. It's very good.

MagÃ³n

29th January 2011, 00:37

Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1902593863?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1902593863)

That be the one. :thumbup1: