The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention

by Richard H. Immerman

Overview

A history and analysis of the United States’ involvement in the deposition of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and the consequences.

Using documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, recently opened archival collections, and interviews with the actual participants, Immerman provides us with a definitive, powerfully written, and tension-packed account of the United States’ clandestine operations in Guatemala and their consequences in Latin America today.

“A valuable study of what Immerman correctly portrays as a seminal event, not just in the annals of the Cold War, but in U.S.–Latin American relations.” —Washington Monthly

“A damning indictment of American interference abroad.” —Pittsburgh Press

“A masterpiece of analysis.” —Reviews in American History

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292788671
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	02/24/2022
Series:	Texas Pan American Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	367
Sales rank:	967,601
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Preface1. Truman, Eisenhower, and the Cold War in Latin America2. Underdevelopment, Repression, and Revolution3. The Revolutionary Governments: Communism or Nationalism?4. The View from the NorthS. From Truman to Eisenhower: The Road to Intervention6. Project PBSUCCESS: The Preparation7. Project PBSUCCESS: The Coup8. Project PBSUCCESS: The LegacyNotesBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

... a damning indictment of American interference abroad.

The Pittsburgh Press

This story is much more thorough than the recent popularized account of the same events by Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schlesinger ...

Choice

... a valuable study of what Immerman correctly portrays as a seminal event, not just in the annals of the Cold War, but in U.S.-Latin American relations.

The Washington Monthly

... a damning indictment of American interference abroad.-- "The Pittsburgh Press"

... a valuable study of what Immerman correctly portrays as a seminal event, not just in the annals of the Cold War, but in U.S.-Latin American relations.-- "The Washington Monthly"

This story is much more thorough than the recent popularized account of the same events by Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schlesinger ...-- "Choice"

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