In Who Killed Che?, renowned civil rights attorneys Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith survey the extraordinary trajectory of Che Guevara’s life—from his early politicization, famously chronicled in The Motorcycle Diaries, to his fateful meeting with Fidel Castro, his central role in the Cuban revolution, and his revolutionary missions abroad in Africa and Latin America.

But the heart of this book is Che’s final campaign in Bolivia, where, after months of struggle to ignite a continental revolution, he was wounded, captured, and executed with U.S. backing. Bound and helpless, Che’s last words to his killer, a Bolivian soldier trained by the CIA, were: “Remember, you are killing a man.”

Referencing internal U.S. government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith bring their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. They reveal the coordinated effort to eliminate Che and bury the truth of his execution. Far more than a biography, Who Killed Che? is a damning exposé of Cold War foreign policy—and a tribute to a revolutionary whose influence still burns brightly across the globe.

With an Introduction by Ricardo Alarcón, President of the Cuban National Assembly and the CIA, White House, State and Defense Departments documents on Che.

In Who Killed Che?, renowned civil rights attorneys Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith survey the extraordinary trajectory of Che Guevara’s life—from his early politicization, famously chronicled in The Motorcycle Diaries, to his fateful meeting with Fidel Castro, his central role in the Cuban revolution, and his revolutionary missions abroad in Africa and Latin America.

But the heart of this book is Che’s final campaign in Bolivia, where, after months of struggle to ignite a continental revolution, he was wounded, captured, and executed with U.S. backing. Bound and helpless, Che’s last words to his killer, a Bolivian soldier trained by the CIA, were: “Remember, you are killing a man.”

Referencing internal U.S. government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith bring their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. They reveal the coordinated effort to eliminate Che and bury the truth of his execution. Far more than a biography, Who Killed Che? is a damning exposé of Cold War foreign policy—and a tribute to a revolutionary whose influence still burns brightly across the globe.

With an Introduction by Ricardo Alarcón, President of the Cuban National Assembly and the CIA, White House, State and Defense Departments documents on Che.