Play Audiobook Sample
The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(2.94) - 16 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
This book tells the story—for the first time—of the United States government’s response to Guevara’s ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara’s life must be reevaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council.
Ryan’s dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to scholars and students of United States foreign policy, Latin American history, military history, and to all others interested in this modern revolutionary’s remarkable life.
Download and start listening now!
“Has the merit of being both original and brief. It consists largely of a trawl through the American archives, in the wake of the Freedom of Information Act, to discover what the various US government agencies really knew, and thought, and did about Guevara.”
— London Review of Books
Quotes
-
“[Ryan’s] book combines sound traditional scholarship with readability and a sense of identification and drama.”
— Times Literary Supplement (London) -
“A welcome addition to the literature on both Che Guevara and US intervention in Latin America.”
— Washington Monthly -
“As a behind-the-scenes look into the issues and personalities that shaped US foreign policy for Latin America…[this book] is fascinating.”
— Miami Herald -
“A well-written and exhaustively researched book.”
— Foreign Affairs -
“A cracking good read.”
— Journal of Military History -
“Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act have allowed Ryan…to tell for the first time the role of the US government in foiling Guevara’s final campaign to ignite a revolution in the backwoods of Bolivia.”
— Harvard Magazine
The Fall of Che Guevara Listener Reviews
-
" There are far better books that are much more informative about he life of Che Guevara out there which are far easier to read and stay interested in. "
— Northman, 11/22/2005
About Henry Butterfield Ryan
Henry Butterfield Ryan is a retired United States Foreign Service officer and a professional historian. He is the author of The Vision of Anglo-America (1987) as well as numerous articles and studies concerning diplomatic history and government affairs.
About Richard McGonagle
Richard McGonagle is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and an experienced film, television, and voice-over actor. He has appeared in such films as Rules of Engagement and such television shows as The Practice and JAG.