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Bitter fruit : the story of the American coup in Guatemala

2005

Format:	Book
Author:	Schlesinger, Stephen C.
Title:	Bitter fruit : the story of the American coup in Guatemala / Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer.
Edition:	Rev. and expanded ed., 2nd David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies ed.
Publisher, Date:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2005.
Description:	xxxviii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Summary:	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.--From publisher description.
Series:	David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University ; 4. David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University ; 4.
Subjects:	United Fruit Company. Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954. Guatemala -- Foreign relations -- United States. United States -- Foreign relations -- Guatemala.
Other Author:	Kinzer, Stephen.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-316) and index.
Contents:	Introduction / John H. Coatsworth -- Foreward / Richard A. Nuccio -- Reflections in 2005 / June Carolyn Erlick -- The battle begins -- A teacher takes power -- An age of reform -- The clouds gather -- The overlord : 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.
LCCN:	2006276895
ISBN:	067401930X 9780674019300
Other Number:	61425356
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Control Number:	298693
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Call Number:	972.81 Schlesin

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