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Ernesto Che Guevara, az argentin származású forradalmár, miniszter, gerillavezér és író, Buenos Aires-ben szerzett orvosi diplomát, majd a kubai forradalom során jelentős szerepet játszott a szigetország felszabadításában és újjáépítésében. A kubai gazdaság talpraállításáért dolgozott, küzdött az oktatás és az egészségügy fejlesztéséért, az írástudatlanság és a faji előítéletek felszámolásáért. Saját példájával népszerűsítette az önkéntes munkát. Kongóban és Bolíviában is harcolt - harminckilenc éves volt, amikor az amerikai-bolíviai csapatok csapdába ejtették és kivégezték.
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Here you can find the list of the best books written about Che Guevara. They are essential if you want to know everything about him from a trustable source.
1. Hilda Barrio / Gareth Jenkins: The Che Handbook
 My opinion: a fantastic book, an essential one if someone wants to get to know Che well.
It contains more than 250 photos, known and less-known ones, about Che, his family and all the people who were important in his life, and about the works of arts showing him (paintings, posters). Besides being a kind of photo album, it also offers a lot of quotes from Che, a detailed biography and we can read short interviews, made with people who knew the Comandante quite well.
2. Lucia Alvarez De Toledo: The Story Of Che Guevara
 My opinion: the most important biography.
The author is an Argentine too, a journalist, who never met Che but has managed to talk to people who were Che's family members, friends, acquaintances and colleagues.
A sincere and objective work, based on a detailed research. Although De Toledo is a big admirer of Che, still she can always stay objective and tell the truth, whether it is nice or not. The photo material of the book is also amazing, it contains several rarely or never before published photos of Che.
3. Jon Lee Anderson: A Revolutionary Life
 My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. More, than 800 pages, based on a detailed, several year-long lasting research.
4. Paco Ignacio Taibo II: Ernesto Guevara, también conocido cómo el Che
 My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. It has been considered as one of the best biographies of Che.
5. Ernesto Guevara Lynch: The Young Che - Memories of Che Guevara
 My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. It was written by Che Guevara's father about Che's childhood and young years.
6. Aleida March: Evocación - La vida al lado del Che
 My opinion: I haven't read it yet.
Che's second wife, Aleida wrote this book about her memories of Che: how she met him, how they fell in love with each other, what their marriage life was like.
7. Ioszif Lavreckij: Che Guevara
 My opinion: a very useful book.
It is well-written, interesting, full of quotes and information about the political and economical background. Don't let yourself frighten away by the many Socialist and Communist text, because it is really worth reading.
Sometimes the sound is a little prejudiced as the writer was Communist just like Che. The photo material is also great, though the quality is a little strange, due to the technique to the 60s/70s years.
8. Helen Yaffe: Che Guevara - The Economics of Revolution
 My opinion: a very interesting and important book.
It discusses a rare topic (as most of the books talk about Che's life or guerrilla fights) and it gives a really detailed picture about Che's work in Cuba's economy, as the head of the Ministry of Industry and the president of the National Bank of Cuba, furthermore it contains interesting biographical notes and we can get to know Che from a new side. Yaffe wrote about Che's different economical projects, like the promotion of voluntary work, about the labour camp at Guanahacabibes, and about his efforts to develop Cuba's economy and financial situation.
9. Orlando Borrego: Che - El Camino del Fuego
 My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. Orlando Borrego was Che's colleague, they were working together for years, so he must have known the Comandante well.
10. Jorge G. Castañeda: Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara
 My opinion: another interesting and important book if you really want to know Che Guevara (- and also the different events and decisions in his life, and the gossips still circling around him).
The author uses a lot of different sources (just like Alvarez de Toledo, Anderson and Taibo) and he discusses not only Che's good actions and good side, but his mistakes and bad characteristics as well, never concealing anything while yet keeping the supporting tone.
We can also read a little about Fidel Castro, his - sometimes ambigous - actions and about Che's private life, the gossips around him (like his love relationship with Tania and his children out of wedlock) but the book is mainly about his historical side, his work as a guerilla, minister and diplomat.
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Ernesto Che Guevara, the Argentine-born revolutionary, minister, guerrilla leader and writer, received his medical degree in Buenos Aires, then played an essential part in the Cuban Revolution in liberating and rebuilding the country. He did his best to set up the Cuban economy, fought for the improvement of the education and the health system, the elimination of illiteracy and racial prejudice. He promoted voluntary work by his own example. He fought in the Congo and in Bolivia - he was thirty-nine years old, when he was trapped and executed by the joint American-Bolivian forces.
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My opinion: a fantastic book, an essential one if someone wants to get to know Che well.
My opinion: the most important biography.
My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. More, than 800 pages, based on a detailed, several year-long lasting research.
My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. It has been considered as one of the best biographies of Che.
My opinion: I haven't read it yet.
My opinion: a very useful book.
My opinion: a very interesting and important book.
My opinion: I haven't read it yet, though it is waiting for me on the bookshelf. Orlando Borrego was Che's colleague, they were working together for years, so he must have known the Comandante well.
My opinion: another interesting and important book if you really want to know Che Guevara (- and also the different events and decisions in his life, and the gossips still circling around him).