Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and ExpandedBitter 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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... invasion . We will not take one backward step . " 12 So far the United States had given no formal reaction to re- ports of the rebel invasion . The State Department remained strangely silent in Washington . There was an undisclosed ...
... invasion . We will not take one backward step . " 12 So far the United States had given no formal reaction to re- ports of the rebel invasion . The State Department remained strangely silent in Washington . There was an undisclosed ...
Page 111
... invasion " before the rainy season began in July . The idea of assassinating Arbenz with a “ silent bullet " was considered and discarded for fear of making him a martyr . Haney's thought , rather , was to bribe Arbenz into resigning ...
... invasion " before the rainy season began in July . The idea of assassinating Arbenz with a “ silent bullet " was considered and discarded for fear of making him a martyr . Haney's thought , rather , was to bribe Arbenz into resigning ...
Page 167
... invasion neared . An experienced USIA press officer was sent to the American Embassy in Hon- duras to brief " selected correspondents " on " inside " accounts of events once the coup began as a way of offsetting anticipated hostile ...
... invasion neared . An experienced USIA press officer was sent to the American Embassy in Hon- duras to brief " selected correspondents " on " inside " accounts of events once the coup began as a way of offsetting anticipated hostile ...
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Alfhem Allen Dulles American Arana Arévalo arms army banana began Bernays Bitter Fruit Blasier bomb Cabot Castillo Armas Cehelsky Central America CIA's Colonel Communism in Guatemala Communist company's Congress Corcoran coup David Atlee Phillips democracy democratic Díaz Eisenhower El Imparcial election exile Guatemala City Guatemalan government guerrilla Haney Haney's Honduras Hovering Giant Howard Hunt Immerman Imparcial Inter-American intervention interview invasion Invisible Government John José Juan José Arévalo July June June 20 junta labor land later Latin America leaders Liberation McCann Memorandum ment Mexico military Monzón NACLA National Nicaragua Operation Success overthrow peace peasants percent Peurifoy telegram Peurifoy's planes political President Arbenz Press Puerto Barrios radio rebels regime reported Richard Salvador Secretary Dulles Smith Somoza Spymaster's Odyssey telegram to Secretary temala tion told U. S. Embassy U. S. State Department Ubico United Fruit Company Washington Wise and Ross Wisner Ydígoras York Zacapa Zemurray