Bitter Fruit

The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded

By: Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer, John H. Coatsworth (Introduction by), Richard A. Nuccio (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 23 December 2005 | Edition Number 2

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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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Schlesinger and Kinzer have done the greatest service to truth and justice by presenting the untold story of the CIA coup. -- Carlos Fuentes
A special book. Impeccably researched and beautifully written, highlighting how much can still be learned from the 1950s experience. Perhaps some day history won't repeat itself. -- Susan Eckstein, Boston University; Past President, Latin American Studies Association, Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
The reappearance of this small classic is most welcome and important. It helps us understand the disasters that misshaped U.S. and Central American relations after 1954, especially into the 1980s and 1990s. -- Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
This work was and still is the most riveting account of the U.S. intervention in Guatemala in 1954, and is a testimony to the twisted logic of those immersed in a culture which sees all popular political movements as a threat whether in Guatemala or the rest of the world. -- Jennifer Schirmer

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Introduction
Foreword
Reflections in 2005
The battle begins	p. 7
A teacher takes power	p. 25
An age of reform	p. 37
The clouds gather	p. 49
The overlord : the United Fruit Company	p. 65
Advertisements for myself	p. 79
Operation success	p. 99
The liberator	p. 119
The proconsul	p. 131
The secret voyage of the "Alfhem"	p. 147
The final countdown	p. 159
Arbenz fights back	p. 173
The longest day	p. 191
The liberation	p. 205
The aftermath	p. 227
Afterword	p. 257
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