The Defeat of Che Guevara: Military Response to Guerrilla Challenge in Bolivia

by Gary Prado Salmon

Overview

This volume documents the events leading up to, during, and after the defeat of the 1967 guerrilla insurgency in Bolivia. Against the background of the 1960s attempt to extend Cuban influence throughout Latin America, the book offers an analysis of trends in Bolivian politics from 1952 to 1967. General Prado evaluates the insurgency's geographical setting, guerrilla preparations, and the Bolivian response. Prado identifies key errors, including Che Guevara's failure to capture peasant support and anayzes Che's own theories. Previously unknown details provide a concise reconstruction of The Defeat of Che Guevara.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573569200
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/24/1990
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

GARY PRADO SALMON is a recently retired General in the Bolivian Army. He has spent two decades accumulating materials and preparing charts in his efforts to reconstruct accurately the events of 1967—an important part of contemporary Bolivian history.

JOHN DEREDITA is a critic and translator. He has taught Latin American literature at Bryn Mawr College, Columbia University, and other institutions.

LAWRENCE H. HALL is a retired U.S. Army officer who taught in the Department of Foreign Languages at the United States Military Academy. He took a doctorate in Latin American history from New York University and has been teaching in that field at Connecticut College.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Foreword by Lawrence H. Hall
Preface
Background
The International Climate
The Domestic Scene
The Military Environment
The Operations Zone
General Description
Other Characteristics of the Region
The Operations
Preparations
Ñancahuazú and Iripití
A Force Divided
Moving North
No Way Out
La Higuera
The End
Evaluation
Some Clarifications
Assessment
Appendix: Impressions and Conversations
Selected English Readings
Index

Editorial Reviews

A recently retired general in the Bolivian army, Salmon offers an account of the 1967 guerrilla insurgency in Bolivia that is thorough and more balanced than some, but will nonetheless please noone more than the Bolivian establishment and the CIA (which was present when Che was murdered by the Bolivian military immediately following his capture). (RC) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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