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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458162303321

Autore

Ryan Henry Butterfield

Titolo

The fall of Che Guevara [[electronic resource] ] : a story of soldiers, spies, and diplomats / / Henry Butterfield Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-028367-X

1-280-52974-1

0-19-535333-1

1-4294-0458-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

327.73084

984.052092

Soggetti

Guerrillas - Bolivia - History - 20th century

Insurgency - Bolivia - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Bolivia

Bolivia Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Road to Revolution; 2 Contact and Alarm; 3 The Obstacles Accumulate; 4 The Green Berets; 5 Guerrilla Triumph and Trouble; 6 The Kill-and After; 7 Memories and Legacies; Appendix: Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work 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. The book details the strategy of the US and Bolivian governments to foil his efforts and shows Guevara as an agent of foreign policy.