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

by Stephen Schlesinger

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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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and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

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Stephen Schlesingeris Director of the <>World Policy Institute.Stephen Kinzeris cultural correspondent for <>The New York Times.John H. Coatsworthis Dean of the <>School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia Universityand former Director of the <>David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

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ISBN:
9780674019300
Subtitle:
The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded
Foreword:
Nuccio, Richard A.
Foreword:
Nuccio, Richard A.
Author:
Coatsworth, John H.
Author:
Nuccio, Richard A.
Author:
Kinzer, Stephen
Author:
Schlesinger, Stephen
Publisher:
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Location:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Subject:
History
Subject:
United states
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Central America
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/50s
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Latin America - Central America
Subject:
United Fruit Company
Subject:
United States Foreign relations Guatemala.
Subject:
World History-Central America
Edition Description:
Revised and Expanded
Series:
David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, H
Series Volume:
4
Publication Date:
20051230
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
13 halftones, 3 maps
Pages:
358
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in

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