{"product_id":"9780987077943","title":"Diary of a Combatant: The Diary of the Revolution that Made Che Guevara a Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe publication of this title by Ocean Sur in Spanish in July 2011 provoked considerable international attention (including CNN). This never-before-published diary (comprising a dozen small notebooks) Ernesto Che Guevara kept during the guerrilla war in Cuba when he joined the struggle to overthrow the Batista dictatorship that led to the 1959 revolution has now been meticulously transcribed by his widow, Aleida March.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did it take over fifty years for this diary to be published? Maybe because of some caustic comments Che makes in his usual brutally frank style. Maybe it was felt appropriate to wait until Fidel Castro had produced his own memoirs (now published by Ocean Press as \u003ci\u003eThe Strategic Victory\u003c\/i\u003e ).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn launching the book in Havana in July 2011, editor María del Carmen Ariet marked that it was \"never clear whether or not Che wanted these diaries published\" as he had reworked several pieces into his famous \u003ci\u003eReminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War\u003c\/i\u003e , on which Steven Soderbergh based part one of his epic movie \u003ci\u003eChe\u003c\/i\u003e , starring Benicio Del Toro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNevertheless, all Che's diaries—from his early \u003ci\u003eMotorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eLatin America Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e , through to his last diary from Bolivia—are extraordinary examples of his literary gift and his political incisiveness, in terms of his personal reflections, his criticisms and self-criticism, and his observations about others and events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther features of this new book are fifty-eight unpublished photos from Che's personal archive and unpublished letters (including correspondence between Che and Fidel), an index, and extensive glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ocean Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034633158896,"sku":"9780987077943","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780987077943_p0.jpg?v=1763882201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987077943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}