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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| author |
Stephen Kinzer
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Stephen Schlesinger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
economic interests of United Fruit Company
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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
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political analysis ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of U.S. intervention ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition | 1999 revised edition ⓘ |
| influenced |
public understanding of CIA operations in Guatemala
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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
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use of declassified U.S. government documents ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
Guatemala
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subject |
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
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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
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aftermath of the 1954 coup ⓘ early 1950s ⓘ |
| topic |
Guatemalan land reform policies
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Guatemalan military regimes ⓘ U.S. corporate lobbying in foreign policy ⓘ human rights consequences of the coup ⓘ |
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