The fall of Che Guevara : a story of soldiers, spies, and diplomats / Henry Butterfield Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Henry Butterfield.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guevara, Che, 1928-1967.

Guevara, Che.

Guerrillas--Bolivia--History--20th century.

Guerrillas.

International relations.

Insurgency.

History.

Bolivia.

Insurgency--Bolivia--History--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--Bolivia.

United States.

Bolivia--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

The Fall of Che Guevara tells the story of Guevara's ill-fated final 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, as well as secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council, this work casts new light on the role of a Green Beret detachment sent to train the Bolivians and on the role of the CIA and other U.S. agencies in bringing Guevara down. Author Henry Butterfield Ryan - a former U.S. Foreign Service officer - shows that Guevara was an agent of Fidel Castro's policy from the time the two met in 1955 until his death, not an independent revolutionary, as many observers have claimed. Guevara's attempted insurgency in Bolivia was in reality a Cuban attempt to achieve another badly needed revolutionary success. This work shows conclusively, however, that the U.S. government neither killed Guevara nor ordered him killed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.

ISBN:

0195118790

OCLC:

36647900