Bitter Fruit The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala

Name: Bitter Fruit The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
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ISBN: 9780674075900

ISBN-10: 0674075900

ISBN-13: 9780674075900

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Stephen E. Schlesinger, Richard A. Nuccio, Stephen Kinzer

List price: $19.95

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There is a newer edition of this book . Bitter Fruit recounts in telling detail the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. The 1982 book has become a classic, a textbook case study of Cold War meddling that succeeded only to condemn Guatemala to decades of military dictatorship. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government publications and documents, as well as interviews with former CIA and other officials. The Harvard edition includes a powerful new introduction by historian John Coatsworth, Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; an insightful prologue by Richard Nuccio, former State…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



About the Authors


Introduction


Foreword


Preface


Maps


Guatemala


The Voyage of the Alfhem


The Invasion Route


The Battle Begins


A Teacher Takes Power


An Age of Reform


The Clouds Gather


The Overload: The United Fruit Company


Advertisements for Myself


Operation Success


The Liberator


The Proconsul


The Secret Voyage of the "Alfhem"


The Final Countdown


Arbenz Fights Back


The Longest Day


The Liberation


The Aftermath


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Index