Who killed Che? : how the CIA got away with murder / Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : OR Books, c2011.Description: 195 pages : black and white illustrations and maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781935928492
  • 9781935928508
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F 2849.22. G85 R38 2011
Summary: "In compelling detail two leading U.S. civil rights attorneys investigate the death of the world's most storied revolutionary: Ernesto Che Guevara. Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith recount the entire span of Che's remarkable life but their focus is on his final days in Bolivia where, after months of struggle to spread the revolution begun in Havana, Che is wounded, captured and, soon after, executed. Bound and helpless, Che's last words to his killer, a soldier in the Bolivian Army, are "Remember, you are killing a man." Referencing internal U.S. government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith bring their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. Cables from the agency disavowing any U.S. role in the murder were merely attempts to provide plausible deniability for the Johnson administration. The spirit of Che Guevara is as vibrant today as it ever was. Protestors in the Arab spring could be seen carrying posters of his image. For all those inspired by the example of a man who once said "a true revolutionary is motivated by feelings for love" the violent, unlawful murder exposed in "Who Killed Che?" will be a both a revelation and a source of anger." - From back cover
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"With an introduction by Ricardo Alarcón, President of the Cuban National Assembly"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references [79-81] and index.

"In compelling detail two leading U.S. civil rights attorneys investigate the death of the world's most storied revolutionary: Ernesto Che Guevara. Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith recount the entire span of Che's remarkable life but their focus is on his final days in Bolivia where, after months of struggle to spread the revolution begun in Havana, Che is wounded, captured and, soon after, executed. Bound and helpless, Che's last words to his killer, a soldier in the Bolivian Army, are "Remember, you are killing a man." Referencing internal U.S. government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith bring their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. Cables from the agency disavowing any U.S. role in the murder were merely attempts to provide plausible deniability for the Johnson administration. The spirit of Che Guevara is as vibrant today as it ever was. Protestors in the Arab spring could be seen carrying posters of his image. For all those inspired by the example of a man who once said "a true revolutionary is motivated by feelings for love" the violent, unlawful murder exposed in "Who Killed Che?" will be a both a revelation and a source of anger." - From back cover

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