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Friday January 26, 2007 - 5:18 PM
"Guerilla Warfare" is an excellent book to read about the awe-inspiring Che Guevara. Although it is not a biography or autobiography, his voice and revolutionary ideas shine through the text.
Basically, this is a manual on how to accomplish taking over a country using guerilla warfare. He does a very detailed sketch of principles and practices, as well as numerous tactics in fighting. On one page there is a schematic drawing for an anti-tank trap and an adaptation to a rifle for launching a Molotov cocktail.
While these tactics may be completely outdated in the times of robotic survalience and Agent Orange, the striking part about "Guerilla Warfare" is the attention Che gives to the organization of the fighters. He explains brotherhood between them and their superiors, the important, nay, vital, role of women even as fighters (he states at one point they are more ferocious fighters than men at times), and the relationship of the guerilla and the civilan. Throughout these descriptions, the reader sees a heavy socialist slant on things, but one mustn't forget who is writing it.
Che Guevara's "Guerilla Warfare" is an interesting read. Although the tactics are out of date, it still gives the read an idea of how things played out in the Cuban revolution and an insight on how Che lived his life, day to day.
Che Guevara (translated by Marc Becker)
1998
"Guerilla Warfare"
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