The CIA in Guatemala - The Foreign Policy of Intervention

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.

List of contents

• Preface
• 1. Truman, Eisenhower, and the Cold War in Latin America
• 2. Underdevelopment, Repression, and Revolution
• 3. The Revolutionary Governments: Communism or Nationalism?
• 4. The View from the North
• S. From Truman to Eisenhower: The Road to Intervention
• 6. Project PBSUCCESS: The Preparation
• 7. Project PBSUCCESS: The Coup
• 8. Project PBSUCCESS: The Legacy
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

About the author

By Richard H. Immerman

Summary

A definitive, powerfully writtenaccount of the United States' clandestine operations in Guatemala and their consequences in Latin America today

Product details

• Authors: R. Immerman, Richard H. Immerman
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1982
• EAN: 9780292710832
• ISBN: 978-0-292-71083-2
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 154 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Texas Pan American; Texas Pan American Series; Texas Pan American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education