Che Guevara (Pocket Biographies)

Rating:
Summary: Just the Facts
Review: You can get the basic facts from Sinclair's book, and get them quickly. If that's what you're after, then this is the book you want. But for anything like in depth coverage of Che's life, you'll have to look elsewhere. One also wonders at some of the claims Sinclair makes in the final chapter. He maintains, for example, that the global unrest of 1968 was in large part a response to the death of Che the previous year. While Che has been (and continues to be) an inspirational figure for the left, this seems like an overstatement to me.

Rating:
Summary: Just the Facts
Review: You can get the basic facts from Sinclair's book, and get them quickly. If that's what you're after, then this is the book you want. But for anything like in depth coverage of Che's life, you'll have to look elsewhere. One also wonders at some of the claims Sinclair makes in the final chapter. He maintains, for example, that the global unrest of 1968 was in large part a response to the death of Che the previous year. While Che has been (and continues to be) an inspirational figure for the left, this seems like an overstatement to me.