The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats

The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats

by Henry Butterfield Ryan
The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats

The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats

by Henry Butterfield Ryan

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Overview

The Fall of Che Guevara tells the story of Guevara's last campaign, in the backwoods of Bolivia, where he hoped to ignite a revolution that would spread throughout South America. For the first time, this book shows in detail the strategy of the U.S. and Bolivian governments to foil his efforts. Based on numerous interviews and on secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Archive, this work casts new light on the roles of a Green Beret detachment sent to train the Bolivians and of the CIA and other U.S. agencies in bringing Guevara down. Ryan's shows that Guevara was an agent of Cuban foreign policy from the time he met Fidel Castro in 1955 until his death--not a mere independent revolutionary, as many scholars have claimed. Guevara's attempted insurgency in Bolivia was in reality a Cuban attempt to achieve another badly-needed revolutionary success. This dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara will appeal to scholars and students of United States foreign policy and Latin American history, and to all those interested in this revolutionary's remarkable life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780190283674
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01/22/1998
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Henry Butterfield Ryan is a retired United States Foreign Service officer.

Table of Contents

Abbreviationsxv
Introduction3
1The Road to Revolution10
2Contact and Alarm40
3The Obstacles Accumulate61
4The Green Berets82
5Guerrilla Triumph and Trouble103
6The Kill--and After126
7Memories and Legacies155
AppendixChronology167
Notes171
Bibliography201
Index217
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