“I’m going to personally execute you!” (A furious Che Guevara to a captive 25-year-old freedom-fighter Roberto Martin-Perez, June 1959 in Havana’s La Cabana prison.) “Go ahead and shoot me! After all, I came back to Cuba to SHOOT YOU! Seems fair! So go ahead!” (Roberto Martin-Perez’s reply to the blustering Che Guevara.) “Don’t shoot! I’m Che! I’m worth more to you alive than dead!” (A fully armed Che Guevara upon encountering a Bolivian soldier, Oct. 8, 1967.) Hollywood produced movies celebrating the courage of only one of the above. Moving along: One was a dope-fiend and convicted criminal who held...
