Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

This is the authoritative book on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose grandiose objective was to use armed revolution to abolish poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing globe. It has received widespread praise and is a national best-seller. In his biography, Jon Lee Anderson chronicles the remarkable journey of Che Guevarque, from his affluent Argentine background to the front lines of the Cuban Revolution, from the corridors of power inside Castro's administration to his abortive war in the Congo and his murder in the Bolivian jungle.

Unprecedented access to Guevara's widow's personal archives and well guarded official records from Cuba has been granted to Anderson. He has undertaken in-depth interviews with the Bolivian officers and CIA agents who pursued Che, as well as with several of Che's compañeros, some of whom are speaking here for the first time. Following Anderson's revelation of Guevara's burial location, the bones were exhumed and reburied. A great deal of information about Che's life has long been shrouded in mystery and obscurity. Che Guevara, a well researched book packed with unique material, sheds light on this legendary person who epitomized revolutionary communism at its pinnacle of historical power."