Product Description

"Guevara left behind him writing that will endure among the best of revolutionary literature . . . Not only is this book a step-by-step account of the revolution-within-a-revolution, but it is also a highly readable personal journal."
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #903910 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03
• Released on: 1998-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

LIBRARY JOURNAL
"Reflects the life of an extraordinary and important man."

CLEVELAND PRESS
"Guevara is a brilliant, thoughtful writer."

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
"Guevara left behind writing that will endure among the best of revolutionary literature."

Customer Reviews

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

An amazing story
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.

Compelling and instructive
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...