Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala

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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala is a historical and political analysis book that examines the 1954 U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s democratically elected government and its lasting consequences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
history book
non-fiction book
political book
author Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Schlesinger
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
examines economic interests of United Fruit Company
impact of U.S. anti-communism in Latin America
long-term consequences of the coup for Guatemala
role of the CIA in Guatemala
focusesOnEvent Operation PBSUCCESS
genre historical analysis
political analysis
hasForm hardcover edition
paperback edition
hasPerspective critical of U.S. intervention
hasRevisedEdition 1999 revised edition
influenced public understanding of CIA operations in Guatemala
scholarship on U.S.–Latin America relations
language English
mediaType print
nonFictionSubject U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s government
notableFor detailed documentation of the 1954 Guatemalan coup
use of declassified U.S. government documents
originalPublicationYear 1982
publisher Doubleday
setting Guatemala
United States of America
surface form: United States
subject 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
CIA covert operations
Central America
Cold War
Guatemala
Jacobo Árbenz
surface form: Jacobo Árbenz government

United Fruit Company
United States foreign policy
interventionism
timePeriodCovered 1954
aftermath of the 1954 coup
early 1950s
topic Guatemalan land reform policies
Guatemalan military regimes
U.S. corporate lobbying in foreign policy
human rights consequences of the coup

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