Bitter Fruit The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded |
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| Author:
| Schlesinger, Stephen
Kinzer, Stephen |
| Introduction by:
| Coatsworth, John H. |
| Foreword by:
| Nuccio, Richard A. |
| Series title: | David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, Harvard University; Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-26007-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2020 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $22.95USD $41.00 |
Book Description:
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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. This book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the U.S. and the Third World. It is a warning of what happens when the U.S. abuses its power.
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. This book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the U.S. and the Third World. It is a warning of what happens when the U.S. abuses its power.