Pombo: A Man of Che's Guerrilla, With Che Guevara in Bolivia 1966-68 (The Cuban Revolution in World Politics) - Softcover

Harry Villegas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873488334 ISBN 13: 9780873488334

Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY), 1997

Synopsis

A firsthand account of the 1966-68 revolutionary campaign in Bolivia led by Ernesto Che Guevara.

This is the story of Pombo the nom de guerre of Harry Villegas, a young fighter still in his 20s, who was a member of Guevara s general staff. Villegas led the small group of combatants who survived the Bolivian army s encirclement and lived to recount this epic chapter in the history of the Americas.

This book is part of a series, The Cuban Revolution in World Politics.

Preface by Mary-Alice Waters, chronology, glossary, index.
Appendix: List of Combatants.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Pombo: a man of Che's guerrilla is a never-before-published story of the 1966-68 revolutionary campaign in Bolivia led by Ernesto Che Guevara. It is the diary and account of Pombo - a member of Guevara's general staff, a young Cuban fighter still in his 20s and already a veteran of a decade of struggle around the globe. Harry Villegas, known the world over by his nom de guerre, Pombo, is today a brigadier general in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. His day-by-day account of an epic chapter in the history of the Americas illuminates the times we are living through and foreshadows the titanic class battles that will mark the Americas of the 21st century.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY)
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0873488334
• ISBN 13: 9780873488334
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Mary-Alice Waters