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Hunting Che is a book delving into one of the most successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history, that involved capturing one of the most famous revolutionaries Che Guevara, who was one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution. Summary of the book With many myths and facts still circling around the life and death of one of history’s iconic revolutionaries Che Guevara, Hunting Che is a fast paced book that unravels the untold. Major Ralph Pappy Shelton led the special forces mission. He handpicked a bunch of Bolivian peasants and trained them in fighting and intelligence-gathering. This mission eventually succeeded in capturing the most famous revolutionary and his execution. About the authors Mitch Weiss is an American born investigative journalist and the editor of the Charlotte Observer. He is a Pulitzer Prize recipient for Investigative Reporting, with Joe Mahr and Michael D. Sallah. Kevin Maurer is an author and a journalist who has covered the military for more than a decade. He has also authored No Easy Day: The First-hand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden that held the number 1 position in the New York Times best seller list.