A first hand account of the military campaigns and political events that culminated in the January 1959 popular insurrection that overthrew the U.S.-backed dict

Reflects the life of an extraordinary and important man. Most significant, Guevara left behind him writing that will endure among the best of revolutionary lite

'Powerful and poetic ... For anyone interested in the myth of Che Guevara ... this book is essential reading' Colm Tóibín, Observer 'We were an army of shadow