Fidel and Che: A Revolutionary Friendship
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802715737 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Simon Reid-Henry is a lecturer at Queen Mary College, University of London. He lives in London.. This is his first book. He is regularly invited to speak on Cuba at international forums, and has written features for the Economist and the Times of London. He has traveled often to Cuba, living there for a year while interviewing many senior figures on the
On the one hand, the driven, domineering, strategically minded Castro galvanized the dreamy Guevara to discover his talent as a guerrilla commander and political executioner. . (Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. On the other hand, Reid-Henry works hard to demonstrate that Guevara's poetic soul and quixotic Marxist purism made its mark on Castro's calculating mind. In his most revisionist claim, the author insists, not very convincingly, that Guevara's ill-starred insurrectionary expeditions to the Congo and Bolivia were not merely convenient ways for Castro to rid himself of his difficult comrade but wholehearted collaborations intended to spread their joint revolutionary vision to the world. All rights reserved. 30 b&w photos. From Publishers Weekly In this elegiac study of the revolution's iconic leader, Reid-Henry makes the relationship between Fidel Castro and Che Guevara the central dyna
A unique dual portrait shines new light on two of the most dramatic figures of the twentieth century. Ironically, though, their jointly conceived vision of revolution would ultimately force them to choose between friendship and their beliefs. Drawing on sources in Cuba, Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Russia, and on material not available to previous biographers, Simon Reid-Henry has crafted a compelling portrait of a revolutionary era and the two men whose names and deeds personify it: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. What began as an assoc
Andrew Desmond said Feet of Clay. Che Guevara was one of the great enigmas of the "Feet of Clay" according to Andrew Desmond. Che Guevara was one of the great enigmas of the 20th century. He also had, in death, a cult following. Perhaps some of this was due to the famous photo of him staring into the distance with long hair poking from beneath his beret. Is there a more reproduced photo in history?Yet for all his charisma, Che was a dogmatic relentless individual. He grew up in comparative comfort in Buenos Aires where h. 0th century. He also had, in death, a cult following. Perhaps some of this was due to the famous photo of him staring into the distance with long hair poking from beneath his beret. Is there a more reproduced photo in history?Yet for all his charisma, Che was a dogmatic relentless individual. He grew up in comparative comfort in Buenos Aires where h. "Revolutionary Friends." according to Jf Bloomquist. I liked this book very much, being that Che Guevara is one of my favorite personalities. Fidel not so much, but they seem to go hand in hand. I'd like to get my book club to read this book, but unfortunately they are stuck with sappy books, and books on Nevada! You don't have to be a Revolutionary to read this book and enjoy it. Forever Che!. "The Lawyer and the Doctor" according to Sulla. Mr. Reid-Henry has composed a compelling primer on the state of revolutionary politics in Cuba in the late 1950's and the 1960's. The writer uses duel portraits of Fidel Castro and Ernesto (Che) Guevara to plot first their symbiotic objectives for the Cuban revolt and secondly their divergence over Cuba's post-revolution relations with the Soviet Union and finally Castro's betrayal of Guevara when