Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (Series on Latin American Studies)

by: Stephen Schlesinger (Author), Stephen Kinzer (Author),John H. Coatsworth (Author),Richard A. Nuccio (Introduction)

Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

Publication Date: 2005-12-30

Language: English

Print Length: 374 pages

ISBN-10: 067401930X

ISBN-13: 9780674019300

Book Description

Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

Editorial Reviews

Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

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