Post by: Fjolnirsson on September 17, 2007, 05:57:08 PM
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?
Post by: wooderson on September 17, 2007, 06:19:15 PM
I can't think of a widely-read book-length critical biography - the guy has been dead for fourty years, so he's not exactly a target for criticism.
Post by: Fjolnirsson on September 17, 2007, 06:24:37 PM
Post by: charby on September 17, 2007, 06:25:16 PM
http://www.thoseshirts.com/reaganche.html
Post by: Antibubba on September 17, 2007, 07:28:57 PM
Post by: Sergeant Bob on September 17, 2007, 07:48:53 PM
The History Channel had a pretty good show about him which seemed to be pretty objective and didn't show him in a particularly good light. If you can catch that and have her watch it (TV tends to keep a teen's attention) that might help a bit.
Post by: K Frame on September 17, 2007, 09:15:44 PM
Along with one of these...
Post by: mfree on September 18, 2007, 03:38:36 AM
"He was appointed commander of the La Cabaña Fortress prison, and during his five-month tenure in that post (January 2 through June 12, 1959),[28] he oversaw the trial and execution of many people, among whom were former Batista regime officials and members of the "Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities" (a unit of the secret police known by its Spanish acronym BRAC). José Vilasuso, an attorney who worked under Guevara at La Cabaña preparing indictments, said that these were lawless proceedings where "the facts were judged without any consideration to general juridical principles" and the findings were pre-determined by Guevara.[29][30] It is estimated that between 156 and 550 people were executed on Guevara's extra-judicial orders during this time.[31]"
Post by: SteveS on September 18, 2007, 04:43:43 AM
Post by: roo_ster on September 18, 2007, 05:41:52 AM
"Committed mass murder of political opponents" ought to cover it for most reasonable folk.
A good book that covers the thought of Che-boosters and their results is:
Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot
One of the few critical bios I found (but not read) is the following:
Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him
Alvaro Vargas Llosa had an essay in The New Republic (liberal, center-left political magazine) on the use of a communist mass-murderer as a capitalist tool:
The Killing Machine: Che Guevara, from Communist Firebrand to Capitalist Brand
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It is customary for followers of a cult not to know the real life story of their hero, the historical truth...It is not surprising that Guevaras contemporary followers, his new post-communist admirers, also delude themselves by clinging to a mythexcept the young Argentines who have come up with an expression that rhymes perfectly in Spanish: Tengo una remera del Che y no sé por qué, or I have a Che T-shirt and I dont know why.
Post by: De Selby on September 18, 2007, 08:34:50 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 18, 2007, 06:43:07 PM
Post by: Declaration Day on September 19, 2007, 01:19:06 AM
Post by: Sergeant Bob on September 19, 2007, 05:39:44 AM
Thats a pretty good site!