Description
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.
Author: Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer
Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American S
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.52w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780674019300
ISBN10: 067401930X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Central America
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Political Science | International Relations | General
Author: Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer
Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American S
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.52w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780674019300
ISBN10: 067401930X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Central America
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Political Science | International Relations | General

