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Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: Authorized Edition (Che Guevara Publishing Project)

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: Authorized Edition (Che Guevara Publishing Project)

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Author: Ernesto Che Guevara
Publisher: Ocean Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 500327

Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.2

ISBN: 1920888330
Dewey Decimal Number: 972..91063092
EAN: 9781920888336
ASIN: 1920888330

Publication Date: December 1, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

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"Reflects the life of an extraordinary and important man."-Library Journal

"When Che Guevara cast his lot with Marxism and revolution the world of letters suffered an incalculable loss. Guevara is a brilliant, thoughtful writer. He is lucid, candid and revealing."-The Cleveland Press

The dramatic art and acute perceptiveness evident in Che Guevara's early diaries fully blossom in this highly readable and often entertaining account of the guerrilla war that led to the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Reminiscences is one of the two books for Steven Soderbergh's biopic (along with The Bolivian Diary).

Feature chapters describe Che's first meeting with Fidel in Mexico, the mythical moment when Che had to choose between a knapsack of medicine and another of ammunition, and the anguished story of the murdered puppy.

This new, thoroughly revised edition includes for the first time corrections made to the diary by Che himself and a preface by his daughter Aleida about how her parents met in the midst of the revolutionary war.




Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Enlightening   June 4, 2006
Sgt. Scrum
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Che goes through memories of the Revolutionary War in Cuba. His writing style is engaging and interesting.


5 out of 5 stars An amazing story   January 18, 2004
holly (Seattle, WA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is great for getting a bird's eye of the Cuban Revolution from an individual perspective. Guevara is meticulous in his notation of events and people. This is not the book to read if you are looking for a general study of the Revolution. Guevara does speak of Castro and Cienfuegos among others but this is Guevara's story. What most impressed me was his honesty about his men, his mistakes, and the conditions under which the Revolution occured. The bugs, the heat, the lack of food, the support from the residents of the Sierra Maestro are so well described that you truly get a sense of what the experience must have been like. Don't pass this book up.


4 out of 5 stars Compelling and instructive   July 29, 1999
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This collection of memories conveys the excitement, zeal, possibilities, problems and limitations of Guevara's "guerilla warfare" strategy as it was practiced in the Sierra Maestra. At times, one can almost hear Guevara wheezing as he traverses the rugged terrain. It is, in general, light on ideological substance and heavy on battlefield drama. A classic nonetheless...


5 out of 5 stars The Revolution through Che's eyes   October 16, 1998
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This first hand account of the Cuban Revolution through the eyes of Che give the reader the feeling and emotion that Che felt as he wrote these words. We can see and feel the emotion from his words and can see how complex he was. At times he was cruel and hard driving, at others, compassionate and unsure. Good reading for anyone interested in Che