title: Diary of a Combatant: The Diary of the Revolution that Made Che Guevara a Legend
author:  Ernesto Che Guevara 
description: <div>Che Guevara was the legendary Argentine-born guerrilla fighter who joined the Cuban revolutionary movement that toppled the Batista dictatorship in 1959. He played a leading role in the early years of the Cuban revolution and made an extraordinary and original contribution to Marxist theory. He died at the hands of CIA assassins in Bolivia in 1967. His life has been dramatized in two recent popular movies: &#147;The Motorcycle Diaries&#8221; (directed by Walter Salles, starring Gael Garc&#237;a Bernal) and Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s epic &#147;Che&#8221; (starring Benicio Del Toro).</div>
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  CHE GUEVARA
  
  
  A Life From Beginning to End
  
  
  Series Information: Revolutionaries Book 2  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by Hourly History.
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Minds of Revolution](part0004.xhtml#aA2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Proudest Man in the World](part0005.xhtml#aA3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [This is Not Communism](part0006.xhtml#aA4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Friendly Enemies](part0007.xhtml#toc4_Friendly_Enemies)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Roving Revolutionary](part0008.xhtml#toc5_The_Roving_Revolutionary)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Coming Full Circle](part0009.xhtml#toc6_Coming_Full_Circle)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Die has Been Cast](part0010.xhtml#toc7_The_Die_has_Been_Cast)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Betrayed by the Proletariat](part0011.xhtml#aA9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Captive Audience](part0012.xhtml#aAA)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [In Che’s Hands](part0013.xhtml#aAB)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Conclusion](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Introduction
  
  
  Che Guevara was born 