Schlesinger,S. Kinzer,S. Bitter Fruit. 1983
Schlesinger, Stephen and Kinzer, Stephen. Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story
of the American Coup in Guatemala. Garden City NY: Anchor Books, 1983.
320 pages.
This is one of the more complete accounts of the CIA operation to
overthrow the democratically-elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of
Guatemala in 1954 -- a textbook case of how a superpower can destroy a
Third World country at will. The propaganda which accompanied the military
campaign required the loyal cooperation of the American media, because the
world had to be convinced that Guatemala was being saved from a Soviet
takeover. In fact, the Soviet union could hardly have had less interest in
Guatemala and did not even maintain diplomatic relations with them.
What actually caused U.S. intervention was the nationalization by
Arbenz of much of the land of United Fruit Company; it turned out that
United was extremely well-connected in Washington and knew how arrange a
fix. Arbenz was also unwilling to persecute Guatemalan communists and
other leftists who had not committed any crimes.
The authors make extensive use of U.S. government publications and
documents, as well as interviews with former CIA and other officials and
individuals who played a role in the events.
-- William Blum
ISBN 0-385-18354-2
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