Che (Movie Tie-In Edition) : The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara

""Che symbolizes not selling out, staying true to what you believe in.""--Benicio Del Toro.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Ernesto Che Guevara (Biographical note); Chronology; Maps; Prologue by Ernesto Che Guevara; PART ONE: THE ARGENTINE; GUATEMALA; Letters to my mother; MEXICO; Letter to my parents; Letter to my mother; CUBA; A Revolution Begins; Alegría de Pío; A Famous Interview; On the March; Caring for the Wounded; On Becoming a Commander; The Murdered Puppy; One Year of Armed Struggle; The Final Offensive and the Battle of Santa Clara; What a Guerrilla Fighter Should Be; NEW YORK; At the United Nations, December 11, 1964; PART TWO: GUERRILLA; BOLIVIA. · Opens with Che’s first encounter with Fidel Castro in Mexico, when he immediately commits himself to join the guerrilla expedition to Cuba. · Describes the dramatic moment Che has to decide his future either as a doctor or a guerrilla fighter, symbolized by the choice of two backpacks: one with medicine, the other with ammunition. · Includes excerpts from both diaries as well as Che’s fiery speech at the UN General Assembly in New York in December 1964. · Interviews with US journalist Lisa Howard and CBS “Face the Nation” during his visit to New York representing the Cuban government. · Concludes with Che’s poetic letter to his parents before he sets out on the fateful Bolivia mission. · Includes maps, chronology and a useful glossary. · 36 pages of original photos of the period plus stills from the movie. · Movie tie-in cover. · Blurbs by Benicio del Toro and Steven Soderbergh. Also published in Spanish this season as Che: Diarios Guerrilleros, 978-1-921235-48-1 Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Ernesto Che Guevara (Biographical note) Chronology Maps Prologue by Ernesto Che Guevara PART ONE: THE ARGENTINE GUATEMALA Letters to my mother MEXICO Letter to my parents Letter to my mother CUBA A Revolution Begins Alegría de Pío A Famous Interview On the March Caring for the Wounded On Becoming a Commander The Murdered Puppy One Year of Armed Struggle The Final Offensive and the Battle of Santa Clara What a Guerrilla Fighter Should Be NEW YORK At the United Nations, December 11, 1964 PART TWO: GUERRILLA BOLIVIA. First entry: November 7, 1966Last entry: October 7, 1967 FAREWELLS Letter to Fidel, 1965 Letter to my parents, 1965 Letter to my children, 1965 Letter to my children from somewhere in Bolivia, 1966 FURTHER READING. Director Steven Soderbergh has based his two-part movie "Che" (Part 1: The Argentine and Part 2: Guerrilla) on two classic diaries written by Che Guevara: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War (an account of the guerrilla movement led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959) and Bolivian Diary (Che's famous, unfinished diary discovered in his backpack when he was captured and killed in Bolivia in October 1967). Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara includes a selection from each book, showing the young Argentine's evolution from the wide-eyed medical student of the Motorcycle Diaries-era to the revolutionary hero the world knows as Che The book of Soderbergh's epic movie ""Che, "" featuring a selection from Che's diaries, as well as his fiery speech at the United Nations, New York, in December 1964. With an extensive biographical chronology, this book shows the young Argentine's evolution from the wide-eyed medical student of ""The Motorcycle Diaries"" era to the revolutionary hero the world knows as Che