{"product_id":"hunting-che-how-a-u-s-special-forces-team-helped-capture-the-worlds-most-famous-revolution-ary-paperback","title":"Hunting Che: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolution ary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitch Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hunt for Ernesto \"Che\" Guevera was one of the first successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history. Using government reports and documents, as well as eyewitness accounts, \u003ci\u003eHunting Che\u003c\/i\u003e tells the untold story of how the infamous revolutionary was captured--a mission later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, Guevera had become famous for supporting and organizing similar insurgencies in Africa and Latin America. When he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be stopped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor Ralph \"Pappy\" Shelton was called upon to lead the mission. Much was unknown about Che's force in Bolivia, and the stakes were high. With a handpicked team of Green Berets, Shelton turned Bolivian peasants into a trained fighting and intelligence-gathering force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunting Che\u003c\/i\u003e follows Shelton's American team and the newly formed Bolivian Rangers through the hunt to Che's eventual capture and execution. With the White House and the Pentagon monitoring every move, Shelton and his team helped prevent another Communist threat from taking root in the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES PHOTOS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitch Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press. In 2003, he was assigned to a series that uncovered the longest string of atrocities carried out by a U.S. fighting unit in the Vietnam War. In recognition of the series \"Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths,\" which led to an investigation by the Pentagon, he was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. A series he wrote about corrupt real estate appraisers won several national awards in 2009. He also was part of a team of AP reporters that won a George Polk Award in 2010 for their coverage of the British Petroleum oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and coauthor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eNo Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden.\u003c\/i\u003e Covering special operations forces for nearly a decade, he has been embedded with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan numerous times and spent ten weeks with a team of Green Berets in Afghanistan in 2010. He has been embedded with American soldiers in Iraq, East Africa, and Haiti.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.09 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750116294944,"sku":"9780425257470","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0767afcc208fe1e52567f61fcf58373a.webp?v=1779943394","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hunting-che-how-a-u-s-special-forces-team-helped-capture-the-worlds-most-famous-revolution-ary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}