Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded

Stephen Schlesinger,Stephen Kinzer

Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Country
United States
Published
30 December 2005
Pages
374
ISBN
9780674019300

Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded

Stephen Schlesinger,Stephen Kinzer

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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