Che Guevara's Final Adventure: The Guerilla in Bolivia, 1967

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Che's Final Adventure: The ancahuaz Guerrilla in Bolivia, 1967 is a detailed military history of the final campaign of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, as he commanded the Bolivian National Liberation Army in a doomed campaign against the US-backed military regime headed by Air Force General Ren Barrientos. Between 1966 and 1967 Argentine-born Ernesto Guevara - known around the world as 'Che' - would lead the Cuban-backed Bolivian National Liberation Army in ancahuaz region of Bolivia, in what was known as the the ancahuaz Guerrilla. Bolivia at that time was governed by a military regime headed by Air Force General Ren Barrientos, who in November 1964 had overthrown the historic leader and constitutional president Vctor Paz Estenssoro and put an end to the nationalist-popular revolution that began in April 1952. At the beginning of the operations, Che's guerrillas obtained some positive results before the Bolivian army and troops of the security forces began a relentless pursuit, supported by aircraft of the Bolivian air force, which bombed and machinegunned the guerrilla camps. With US military help in the training of the Bolivian Army Rangers, it was possible to decimate the guerrillas and capture, and ultimately execute, Guevara in October 1967. Che's Final Adventure: The ancahuaz Guerrilla in Bolivia, 1967 provides a detailed day-by-day account of the last campaign of a figure who even today remains an instantly recognisable icon of the left-wing revolutionary movements of the Cold War era, and is illustrated throughout with original photographs and includes specially commissioned color artworks. AUTHOR: Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia was born in Asuncin, Paraguay on 14 May 1960. He graduated from the Catholic University of Asuncin where he got a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. He also took specialized English courses at Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and San Diego State University in California. He is now a retired English Teacher and Academic Coordinator of the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano (CCPA), a binational institute in Asuncin. Married with two children, he resides in the capital. In his function as an aviation historian, Sapienza became a founding member of the Instituto Paraguayo de Historia Aeronutica "Silvio Pettirossi" and has written more than 500 related articles for the specialised press around the world. Sapienza has received five decorations for his academic merits, and published eleven books, including a number for Helion's @War series. 355 b/w photos, 20 colour profiles, 7 b/w maps, 1 colour map, 17 tables

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Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia was born in Asuncin, Paraguay on 14 May 1960. He graduated from the Catholic University of Asuncin where he got a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. He also took specialized English courses at Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and San Diego State University in California. He is now a retired English Teacher and Academic Coordinator of the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano (CCPA), a binational institute in Asuncin. Married with two children, he resides in the capital. In his function as an aviation historian, Sapienza became a founding member of the Instituto Paraguayo de Historia Aeronutica Silvio Pettirossi and has written more than 500 related articles for the specialised press around the world. Sapienza has received five decorations for his academic merits, and published eleven books, including a number for Helions @War series.