num_pages: 320
description: New York Times Book "Though the events in Bitter Fruit happened almost 28 years ago, there is an intriguing similarity to some of the phrase-making of the State Department in Central America today... It is a tale of dirty tricks, the manipulation of public opinion, the smearing of the precious few journalists who managed to sense what was really going on and of foreign policy that borrowed more from Doonesbury than diplomacy. It is a fast-paced and well-documented story... A thoughtful and compelling book." "It's a fantastic yarn - yet it all actually happened. This startling book tells, for the first time, the whole squalid story... Schlesinger's and Kinzer's meticulously documented history reads like a cloak-and-dagger thriller. Given current events... it also reads like a very timely warning of what can happen when America abuses its power."
language: English
title: Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story Of The American Coup In Guatemala
titlecomplete: Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story Of The American Coup In Guatemala
genres: 20th Century, History, Economics, American History, War, The United States Of America, Politics, Latin American History, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1588
places: Guatemala
publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday & Company, Inc.