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.
It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials.
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First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World.
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