Bitter Fruit

The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala

This book details the covert Central Intelligence Agency operation that overthrew the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954. Drawing on extensive government documents and interviews, the authors examine how American foreign policy and business interests shaped the intervention. It provides a comprehensive historical account of the political maneuvers and diplomatic pressures that led to the coup.

by Stephen C. Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer

Doubleday · First published 1982 · 320 pages