All of you amateur and not so amateur historians, here's my situation. My 16 year old niece is a very smart girl, but she's immersed in the socialist school system in CA. One teacher or another has her convinced that Che was a great freedom fighter for his people, and that he is someone to be admired and emulated. Saw a picture of her the other day wearing a che shirt, and when I asked about it, she responded with a bunch of stuff about how he was a hero, and they were learning about him in class. Not knowing a lot about him myself, except that, well, communism is bad, mmmkay?, I was hoping for a book recommendation or three to teach her about what the guy really stood for....
She's very bright, and reads at a college level, so no worries about that. I've helped her change her mind before, most notably on gun control, but this is something I don't know a lot about myself. So, I guess I'll be buying two copies of whatever...
Help?