Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala

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Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2005 - History - 330 pages
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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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The history of the United States’ involvement in Central American politics is not a happy one, as anyone with a passing knowledge of the area will tell you. This record of the CIA operation to ... Read full review

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I'm too pissed to write a review. And if I did, I would probably get hate mail from American apologists and "patriots" who continually claim the U.S. is THE greatest nation on earth because we only act morally. Read full review

Contents

A TEACHER TAKES POWER
25
THE CLOUDS GATHER
49
THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY
65
Copyright

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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
Stephen C. Schlesinger,Stephen Kinzer
Snippet view - 1999
Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
Stephen C. Schlesinger,Stephen Kinzer
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About the author (2005)

Stephen Schlesinger is Director of the World Policy Institute.

Stephen Kinzer is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

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TitleBitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University
Volume 4 of Series on Latin American Studies
AuthorsStephen C. Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherHarvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2005
Original fromUniversity of Texas
DigitizedJul 25, 2008
ISBN067401930X, 9780674019300
Length330 pages
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History / Latin America / Central America
  
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