Che Brief Biography of Che Essay

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document

Total Length: 725 words ( 2 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 1+

Page 1 of 2

" ("Ernesto, 'Che' Guevara, Books and Writers, 2003) Guevara gave up a potentially successful life and career as a doctor in his native land to set the poor free. He joined Fidel Castro to overthrow the right-wing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1957. The revolution proved successful. But even more successful proved Guevara's charisma and his voicing of the ways ordinary people could wage revolution: "Guerrilla warfare is used by the side which is supported by a majority but which possesses a much smaller number of arms for use in defense against oppression." (Cited by "Ernesto 'Che' Guevara," Books and Writers. 2003, from Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare, 1960)

Guevara earned his nickname 'Che,' because of his habit of saluting his fellow revolutionaries as 'friend.' However, after the conquest of power in January 1959 when Guevara gained fame as the leading figure in Castro's government, Che began to lose some of his 'friends' in Castro's government, because of his private criticism of the domination of the Soviet block in the world.

Stuck Writing Your "Che Brief Biography of Che" Essay?

View All Our Example Che Brief Biography of Che Essay

Have A Custom Example Essay Written

Although he supported centralized planning, he felt that the Kremlin had become "an accomplice of imperialism," rather than a true supporter of all oppressed peoples. Guevara left his post to organize revolutions in other areas of the world. In 1966 Guevara went to Bolivia where he trained and led a guerrilla war in the Santa Cruz region. The counterrevolutionaries ambushed him and his hands were removed, in order to make a positive fingerprint comparison with records in Argentina, to prove that he was dead and so the revolutionaries would not rally to his side, thinking that he was still alive somewhere in the jungle. Later, Castro said: "Che considered himself a soldier of this revolution, with absolutely no concern about surviving it." ("Ernesto, 'Che' Guevara, Books and Writers, 2003) Che Guevara has in fact survived, by creating a legend with his compelling biography and the force of his emotional words, that lives on long after the man and the ideology the man supported died......

Show More ⇣

     Open the full completed essay and source list


OR

     Order a one-of-a-kind custom essay on this topic


sample essay writing service

Cite This Resource:

Latest APA Format (6th edition)

Copy Reference
"Che Brief Biography Of Che" (2006, June 13) Retrieved May 21, 2025, from
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/che-brief-biography-che-70842

Latest MLA Format (8th edition)

Copy Reference
"Che Brief Biography Of Che" 13 June 2006. Web.21 May. 2025. <
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/che-brief-biography-che-70842>

Latest Chicago Format (16th edition)

Copy Reference
"Che Brief Biography Of Che", 13 June 2006, Accessed.21 May. 2025,
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/che-brief-biography-che-70842
   

Open, View, and/or
Download this Document
order custom essay example