Ernesto Che Guevara

First published in 1961, following the successful Cuban Revolution, this is Che Guevara’s handbook for guerrilla war. It covers strategy, tactics, terrain, organization of an army, logistics, field medical treatment, intelligence, propaganda and training, and focuses on seven ‘golden rules’ of guerrilla warfare. Widely studied both by insurrectionist movements and those who have tried to […]

We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of some dark psychic mechanism’ The Cuban Revolution changed the course of the twentieth century. Following years of brutal tyranny and poverty, a band of idealistic young people fought against immense odds to overthrow a dictator and emerged victorious. This is […]

‘All we could see was the dust on the road ahead and ourselves on the bike, devouring kilometers in our flight northward’ ‘In late 1951, Guevara and Alberto Granado set off on the 500cc Norton they nicknamed La Poderosa (‘The Powerful One’) with no other agenda than a lust for life and a desire to see […]