Guevara Literature

[VivaChe]

Hi all...im new to this forum.

I would like to learn more about Che Guevara through more than films...I want to know about his life his beliefs and his passions.

If anyone has read any good biographies on his life pre-cuba could you please let me know the name of the book? I would also like to read about his famous motorcycle journey and maybe his diaries from bolivia.

Basically i want all the information i can get.

The reason im after this is because im extremely interested. I am Chileno and my father spent 13 months in a concentraton camp when he was 17 a few years after Che's death. He came from a very poor backround and Che was really idolised by him aswell of thousands upon thousands of other latin americans who believed in Che and all he stood for.
Might sound weird but all the help is appreciated.

[Guerrilla1008]

Hey Companero if you want to read a good book on Che that is a biography read Jon Lee Anderson's Book on Che i read it and it really helped straighten out a lot of facts. Just warning though it is long.I would definetly recomend reading his motorcycle diaries they are really good and i also read his bolivian diaries. they were alright they show how he struggled in bolivia and all but you haver to read his book on Guerrilla Warfare You must read that and own that And if you like his work you should read theche guevara reader. has some of his writings to whick was good.

[FULL METAL JACKET]

Your father was in a concentration camp? Where? In Chile? Or do you mean like a gulag?

Well defintely get these books:

-Che Guevara reader: writings on politics & revolution
Basically its all his writings and speeches, from speeches to the Cuban people to letters to his kids and Fidel, etc.

-The African Dream: The diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo.
In this diary we see Che "humanized." He gets impatient and casts a doubt if a worldwide revolution is possible. He even had race problems with the Congolese and his black Cuban soldiers that went with him in the Congo. Really interesting stuff. Defintely get this diary.

-Guerrilla Warfare
Basically outlines Guevara's doctrine for a guerrilla fighters, especially against Caribbean-style dictators. This book basically reflects his deeply held belief that a small, rural-based guerrilla army could trigger a revolution. Remember it is dated so just read it as a historical document rather than a manual or blueprint.

I haven't read the Bolivian diaries, but I will.

[RedskinUltraRMC]

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara)
Amazon List (http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/3J4AEHGVM3VJ7/104-9343192-2273530?%5Fencoding=UTF8)
Marxists Internet Archive (http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm)

[RedskinUltraRMC]

Originally posted by FULL METAL [email protected] 13 2006, 12:34 AM
Your father was in a concentration camp? Where? In Chile?
Yeah, I'm assuming he meant after the coup that overthew Allende and brought Pinochet to power.

[FULL METAL JACKET]

^ Yeah thanks for correction.

The Che Guevara reader is a little expensive and bulky (like a college textbook) but it's worth it.

Also get the Marx-Engels reader. A little expensive too but a whole lot of information.

[Janus]

Fuck the John Anderson biography.. unless of course you like factual inaccuracies and outright fabrications.
Could you explain that a bit more CDL? The book isn't the best but it portrays him in a positive light and gives an objective analysis of Che.

Also, another work of Che's is Reminiscences of the Cuabn Revolutionary War.

[VivaChe]

hi,
yes my father was in a concentration camp in chile shortkly after alllende was murdered. So were a lot of my uncles and cousins.

Ok thankyou all for the info. I have only recently started becoming interested in Guevara but am loving it. Ive even taken up International politics and relations at university.