{"product":{"product_id":"080214411X","title":"Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Revised Edition)","price":"11.49","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51eXHaKunFL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/080214411X"},"comments":[{"body":"You've just posted absolutely gibberish propaganda. If you want to know about Che (though your source tells me you've made your mind up), you should read [Che: A Revolutionary Life](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls\u0026amp;dplnkId=e531b305-ce59-43da-b981-24c2b41633e0) by Jon Lee Anderson.","subreddit_name":"history","author":"TheGreatBatsby"},{"body":"I think this would be a good opportunity to recommend this book  https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X/ref=nodl_ to every Miami Cuban to help cut through the immense bullshit and propaganda put out there since the Cold War meant to demonize him.","subreddit_name":"Miami","author":"SurgeHard"},{"body":"This book will not support their entirely unsourced claim that Che hated these groups, but it is the definitive biography on him and is highly regarded and reliable. https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X (can also be found for free online if you’re so inclined lol)","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"RomanNose"},{"body":"Yeah absolutely keep going with your own research. Would recommend Jon Lee Anderson’s book as a jumping off point. It’s very well regarded and covers a lot of ground. https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X. Just appreciate you being open to researching things and changing views, far too rare in this world.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"RomanNose"},{"body":"[How dare Yeltsin stand where Che stood](https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X)","subreddit_name":"ShitLiberalsSay","author":"Vsouberalles"},{"body":"\u0026gt;Both Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionaries were driven by the pressures of public opinion\r\n\r\nThis is a completely misleading narrative. The narrative here seems to suggest that the trials we only instituted because the public wanted them. The trials were started by the revolutionaries and then public opinion fed them:  \r\n\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;... the trials led by the new revolutionary authorities wove together legal and honorary justice in a way that garnered mass support and laid the foundations for the consolidation of the new regime.\r\n\r\nFrom the same source (*A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War (American Encounters/Global Interactions*)):  \r\n\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;Perhaps solemn, \"rational,\" privately conducted executions might have been acceptable to U.S. critics, but the Cuban newspapers' daily gloating over the Batistianos' comeuppance and the circus-like atmosphere of the trials (the \"popcorn-munching atmosphere,\" as described by Time Magazine) seemed suffused with vengeful relish. As two journalists wrote, \"To those accustomed to Anglo-Saxon justice, it was repulsive to see a defendant tried in a sports arena.\" Yet many Cubans insisted it was not revenge, it was simply justice. If Batista's men fell before firing squads, they had been condemned \"without the spirit of revenge\"\r\n\r\n  \r\nJon Lee Anderson's book gives a little more context about this event:  \r\n\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;in late January Fidel had decided to hold some high-profile public trials—of Major Sosa Blanca and several other ranking officers accused of multiple acts of murder and torture—in Havana’s sports stadium. The plan backfired, however. Attending foreign reporters were nauseated by the spectacle of jeering crowds and hysterical cries for blood.\r\n\r\n  \r\nThis is nearly identical to the public executions in England and Europe during Medieval or Early Modern time periods.\r\n\r\nThere seems to be a romanticization of the Cuban revolution and lionizing the main actors:  \r\n\r\n\r\n* [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/xepeof/in\\_the\\_1960s\\_isnt\\_it\\_somewhat\\_ironic\\_that\\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/xepeof/in_the_1960s_isnt_it_somewhat_ironic_that_the/)\r\n* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism\\_101/comments/ty6223/is\\_it\\_fair\\_to\\_say\\_fidel\\_castro\\_and\\_che\\_guevara/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/comments/ty6223/is_it_fair_to_say_fidel_castro_and_che_guevara/)\r\n* [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/sh0pr1/is\\_it\\_fair\\_to\\_say\\_che\\_guevara\\_is\\_an\\_iconic\\_figure/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/sh0pr1/is_it_fair_to_say_che_guevara_is_an_iconic_figure/)\r\n* [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/comments/yk1p93/when\\_it\\_comes\\_to\\_cubas\\_military\\_victory\\_at\\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/comments/yk1p93/when_it_comes_to_cubas_military_victory_at_the/)\r\n* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism\\_101/comments/v6nixm/would\\_you\\_agree\\_that\\_the\\_words\\_context\\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/comments/v6nixm/would_you_agree_that_the_words_context_and/)  \r\n\r\n\r\nThere are other lesser known people from that time like Huber Matos:\r\n\r\n* In January 1959, he rode into Havana atop a tank in a victory parade alongside Castro and other revolutionaries.\r\n* In July 1959, Matos denounced the direction the revolution was taking by giving openly anti-communist speeches in Camagüey.\r\n* In September 1959, Matos wrote: \"Communist influence in the government has continued to grow. I have to leave power as soon as possible. I have to alert the Cuban people as to what is happening.\"\r\n* Convicted of treason and sedition by the revolutionary government, he spent 20 years in prison (1959–1979) before being released in 1979.\r\n\r\nMuch can be said about the revolution in Cuba and the events after that. This isn't something that happened over 200 years ago. People that were alive then are still alive now. Before we go lionizing these people from academic works we could simply ask them what their thoughts are. You'd be surprised what you hear.\r\n\r\n  \r\nFull sources:\r\n\r\n* Political Murders in Cuba -- Batista Era Compared with Castro Regime - [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00429A000300030015-8.pdf](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00429A000300030015-8.pdf)\r\r\n* Thirty Years of Cuban Revolutionary Penal Law - [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2633612](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2633612)\r\r\n* Politics of Cuba - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics\\_of\\_Cuba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Cuba)\r\r\n* Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Revised Edition) - - [https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X](https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X)\r\r\n* A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War (American Encounters/Global Interactions) - [https://www.amazon.com/Century-Revolution-Counterinsurgent-Encounters-Interactions/dp/0822347377/](https://www.amazon.com/Century-Revolution-Counterinsurgent-Encounters-Interactions/dp/0822347377/)\r\r\n* Don't Lose Your Head: Why Were Executions Public? - [https://www.marintheatre.org/productions/anne-boleyn/dont-lose-your-head-why-were-executions-public](https://www.marintheatre.org/productions/anne-boleyn/dont-lose-your-head-why-were-executions-public)\r\r\n* Huber Matos - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huber\\_Matos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huber_Matos)\r\r\n* Cómo llegó la noche - https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Huber-Matos/dp/1948517051","subreddit_name":"history","author":"redditmademeregister"},{"body":"It's this one https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwiU0I6ErMb5AhV6MVkFHUKOBKEQFnoECB4QAQ\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw18i6RULqOZh6SLoWt5T7eV","subreddit_name":"socialism","author":"Traditional_Way1052"},{"body":"Because most leftys like Che.  I'm one and don't.  Read this:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X","subreddit_name":"HistoryPorn","author":"seditious3"},{"body":"The author says it all\r\n\r\n[*Jon Lee Anderson*](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jon-lee-anderson)*, a staff writer, began contributing to* *The New Yorker* *in 1998. He is the author of several books, including “*[*Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life*](https://www.amazon.com/dp/080214411X)*.”*","subreddit_name":"cuba","author":"lapingatieza"},{"body":"Che is a very interesting person I highly reccomend you all read\r\n\r\n- Che A revolutionary life: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/080214411X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_toxWFbTN3PT8W\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\nRemembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara:https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0987077937/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_5pxWFbDP2SQB1\r\n\r\nBoth are excellent reads and I hope you all have a new perspective on him","subreddit_name":"PoliticalCompassMemes","author":"Gassy-gorilla"},{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lee_Anderson\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"Libertarian","author":"Ceannairceach"},{"body":"Please read [this.](https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X)","subreddit_name":"infp","author":"NekoLas90"},{"body":"Che held free clinics for rural farmers in Cuba even while they were fighting the Cuban army.  Free immunizations, checkups etc...the majority of rural farmers in Cuba were black.  I assume you are a product of the American school system so all you know is what the state department tells you.  Read a few books....http://www.amazon.ca/Che-Guevara-A-Revolutionary-Life/dp/080214411X...http://www.amazon.ca/The-Motorcycle-Diaries-American-Journey/dp/1876175702...http://www.amazon.ca/Our-America-Theirs-Alliance-Progress/dp/1876175818.  These are just the start of what got me reading about this man.  ","subreddit_name":"AdviceAnimals","author":"silasroberson"},{"body":"Che held free clinics for rural farmers in Cuba even while they were fighting the Cuban army.  Free immunizations, checkups etc...the majority of rural farmers in Cuba were black.  I assume you are a product of the American school system so all you know is what the state department tells you.  Read a few books....http://www.amazon.ca/Che-Guevara-A-Revolutionary-Life/dp/080214411X...http://www.amazon.ca/The-Motorcycle-Diaries-American-Journey/dp/1876175702...http://www.amazon.ca/Our-America-Theirs-Alliance-Progress/dp/1876175818.  These are just the start of what got me reading about this man.  And just in case you are wondering he is not Cuban","subreddit_name":"AdviceAnimals","author":"silasroberson"},{"body":"\u0026gt;Prove Guevara killed thousands or kill yourself.\r\n\r\nWhat, exactly, do you want me to produce in order to show Che killed \"thousands\" of people, including women and children? Do I have to show you that he shot the people himself? Ordered their deaths? Ordered the attacks on villages which resulted in their deaths? Involved in a regime which killed thousands? What is necessary?\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;a single credible source\r\n\r\nMust be an interesting definition of \"credible.\" He must mean, \"I have yet to see a source which I cannot dismiss or ignore trying desperately to defend my preconceived bias.\"\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;executed an innocent\r\n\r\n\"executed\" as opposed to ordered people to do things which resulted in death. And \"innocent\" as opposed to \"killed thousands including women and children.\" Come on now, you're smarter than this. This is barely even responsive to my post and exposes your thought process as you desperately try to protect your beliefs on this topic.\r\n\r\nAnd Jon Lee Anderson himself most certainly admitted that Che sometimes summarily executed people suspected of spying or informing... including being responsible for and participating in military operations which resulted in the deaths of thousands of people. Come on now kiddo, even Anderson (who himself admits he great admiration for Che) admits to these things in [A Revolutionary Life](http://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-A-Revolutionary-Life/dp/080214411X). Please read it.\r\n\r\nI would gladly produce evidence to prove my assertions, but your going to have to promise me that you will *never*, *ever* spout this incorrect, false bullshit again.\r\n","subreddit_name":"Libertarian","author":"TheRealPariah"}]}