How the CIA Killed Che: The Murder of a Revolutionary

How the CIA Killed Che: The Murder of a Revolutionary

The untold story of how the American government assassinated the worldâ€™s most famous revolutionary

In compelling detail, two leading US civil rights attorneys recount the extraordinary life and deliberate killing of the worldâ€™s most storied revolutionary: Ernesto Â“Cheâ€ Guevara. Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith survey the extraordinary trajectory of Cheâ€™s career from an early politicization recounted in The Motorcycle Diaries, through meetings with his compaÃ±ero Fidel Castro in Mexico, his vital role in the Cuban revolution, and his expeditions abroad to Africa and Latin America. But their focus is on Cheâ€™s final days in Bolivia where, after months of struggle to spread the revolution that had begun in Havana, Che was wounded, captured, and executed. Bound and helpless, Cheâ€™s last words to his killer, a soldier in the Bolivian Army, were: Â“Remember, you are killing a man.â€

Referencing internal US government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith use their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. Cables from the agency disavowing any US role in the murder were merely attempts to provide plausible deniability for the Johnson administration.

The spirit of Che Guevara, as an icon and an inspiration, is as vibrant today as it ever was. Protestors around the world continue to use his image. For anyone drawn to his remarkable life and its violent, unlawful end, How the CIA Killed Che will engage, anger, and educate.

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Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 111 B&W photos
ReleaseDate 2016-10-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781510711013

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	111 B&W photos
ReleaseDate	2016-10-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781510711013

How the CIA Killed Che: The Murder of a Revolutionary

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