Guerrilla Warfare - Softcover

Ernesto Che Guevara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9562915719 ISBN 13: 9789562915717

Publisher: BN Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

"Che's insights are just as alive today as they were when he first wrote them down in 1960, and his work has been placed alongside that of Mao Tse-Tung and Vo Nguyen Giap. Armed struggle, based on the Cuban example of hit-and-run tactics by small and mobile rural partisan bands is, he argues, the proper path to revolution in Latin America."-Latin America in Books. "Among Cuban revolutionary leaders, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was unique in discerning that the Cuban Revolution could be a powerful influence in promoting insurgency elsewhere in Latin American."-American Historical Review. This indispensable book includes three of Che Guevara's most influential essays describing his tactical philosophy of fighting a guerrilla war in Latin America. "Guerrilla Warfare, " written in 1960, outlines Guevara's doctrine for guerrilla fighters, especially against Caribbean-style dictatorships. In "Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" (1963) and "Message to the Tricontinental" (1967), Guevara modified some of his earlier tenets. These latter two works move away from his earlier dogmatism, suggesting that Marxist revolution was possible even in purportedly democratic regimes. All three essays reflect his deeply held belief that a small, rural-based guerrilla army could trigger a revolution. Introducer Marc Becker is a visiting scholar at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania and the author of Mariategui and Latin American Marxist Theory.

About this title

From the Publisher:

October 1997 marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Che. Guerrilla Warfare is Che, in his own words.

About the Author:

One of Time magazine's "icons of the century, " Ernesto Che Guevara was born in Argentina and studied medicine. After meeting Fidel Castro in Mexico, he joined the revolutionary forces that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in Cuba. He later led guerrilla missions to Africa and Bolivia, where he was killed by CIA-backed forces. · Harry "Pombo" Villegas fought alongside Che in the Cuban revolutionary war and later joined his missions to Africa and Bolivia. He still lives in Cuba.

About this edition

• Publisher: BN Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9562915719
• ISBN 13: 9789562915717
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104