CHE GUEVARA - A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE

THIS BOOK BY JOHN LEE ANDERSON IS ONE OF THE BEST RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHIES THAT I HAVE READ TILL DATE...

THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN GREAT PAINS TO SERCH UP ON THE ENIGMA THAT WAS CHE... SOMEHOW THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT ALSO HELPED TO DISSAPATE THE HAZE THAT HAD GATHERED AROUND CHE AND HIS PERSONA...

I MEAN CHE... THERE ON THE POSTERS, THERE ON THE BANNERS, THERE ON THE T SHIRTS... BUT WHAT THE HELL DID THE GUY DO THAT MADE HIM AN ICON... WHAT KEEPS HIM YOUNG AND APPEALING AND ALIVE EVEN THOUGH HIS CONTEMPORARIES HAVE LON WITHERED AWAY...

WHAT I COULD COMPREHEND OF CHE'S PERSONALITY FROM THE BOOK FILLS ME WITH GREAT RESPECT FOR THE PERSON...

I MEAN U MAY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PRINCIPLED PEOPLE... BUT THEIR PRINCIPLES END WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE ENFORCED ON THEMSELVES... NOT CHE NOT ONLY WAS HE TOUGH ON HIS SUBORDINATES AND FELLOW GURIELLAS BUT ALSO ON HIMSELF... HE GAVE THE TERM LEAD BY EXAMPLE A NEW MEANING...

THE MAN BELIEVED IN THE MAO PHILOSOPHY THAT "POWER FLOWS OUT THROUGH THE BARREL OF THE GUN" MILLITANT SOCIALISM WAS THE CALL OF THE DAY WITH THE YOUTH OF LATIN AMERICA TAKING UP ARMS AGAINST THEIR AUTOCRATIC RULERS... AND CHE WAS THEIR LEADER, MENTOR AND GUIDING FORCE... HE'S RESPECTABLE FOR THE FACT THAT HE DIED FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED IN...

A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHATS THIS CHE MANIA IS ALL ABOUT... AND TRUST HE DESERVES ALL THE ATTENTION...