Che The Lost Diaries Author:David Carter THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A MILLION T-SHIRTS... — Che Guevara, revolutionary icon! Idol of college professors and rebellious adolescents of all ages! Master of women and the battlefield! Steely-eyed executioner of prisoners and economies! The Argentinian firebrand who traveled to Cuba, to Africa, and to South America to help the downtrodden peoples ... more »of the world throw off foreign intruders like... um... himself. Best-selling books have been written about him, award-winning movies have been made but trust us, this is a Che Guevara you've never seen before.
...there is a dimension to Che's character that invites mockery, to wit, his sheer incompetence as both a strategist and a tactician in the field of guerrilla warfare. David Carter, author
The lost diary entries give us a fuller picture of Che, the man, thereby expanding our view beyond that of Che, the t-shirt. P.A. Crooke-Overton, Associate Professor of History
(Previously published under the title Che: Deconstructing the Neo-Colonial Imperialist Myth in Modern Casual Wear St. Wilgefortis College Press, 2003)
The cover's sly nod to the bestselling Motorcycle Diaries and Brandon Morino's delightfully comic illustrations of great moments in the life of a great man in the gullible minds of millions (and his own)perfectly complement David Carter's deft and comic weaving of incredible history and all too probable parody. Che! The Lost Diaries is a story of Che Guevara the world never suspected: the monster reinvented yet again, but this time as farce!« less