"The Fall of Che Guevara"

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This paper analyzes Henry Butterfield Ryan's book, "The Fall of Che Guevara," an analysis of Che Guevara's insurgency. The paper shows that Guevara, while falling short of his goal in Bolivia, was still a remarkable man so that even in his mistakes he had the courage to follow his ideals. The author finds that this point is clarified in: I)Reasoning behind Che Guevara's placement in Bolivia; II)Che Guevara's physical location; III)The effects of the Bolivian Communist Party on the guerrilla movement; IV)The U.S. view on the insurgency in Bolivia; V)Spies, Soldiers, and Diplomats in The Fall of Che Guevara; and VII)Guevara in the classroom.

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" "(I)n Order to form a more perfect union?," the preamble to the Constitution of the United States intimates what its founding fathers knew from the beginning. There is, and wouldn't ever be, a perfect union. Perfection is something to strive for, even though it cannot be reached. There is no definition of this perfect union. Is perfection to be strived for only within our borders? What about those countries we deal with? Is it easier to find perfection when it is compared to imperfection? We have relations with the South American country of Bolivia, and consequently, with those that govern it or try to change the way it is governed. One of the individuals that tried to change the way Bolivia, to a more perfect union, in his eyes, was Che Guevara. The American view of him, as well as his efforts, is of pure imperfection. After all, how can a fight for communism, a principle which so vehemently violates ours of democracy, be remotely considered as perfect? In his book, The Fall of Che Guevara, Henry Butterfield Ryan, while conceding that his insurgency was anything but perfect, Guevara was a remarkable man. Most would not agree that communism is any form of perfection, but Guevara saw it as more perfect than what was already in Bolivia. He was fighting for a principle that the U.S. was founded on, whether or not his interpretation of the word "perfect" is something most agree with matters not."

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