Secret history : the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954 / Nick Cullather ; with an introduction by the author and an afterword by Piero Gleijeses.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cullather, Nick, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo, 1913-1971.

Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States.

Political science.

Guatemala--History--1945-1985.

Guatemala.

Guatemala--History--Revolution, 1954.

United States--Relations--Guatemala.

Guatemala--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1999, a number of documents relating to the CIA's activities in Guatemala have been declassified, and a truth and reconciliation process has unearthed other reports, speeches, and writings that shed more light on the role of the United States. For this edition, the author has selected and annotated twenty documents for a new documentary Appendix, culminating with President Clinton's apology to the people of Guatemala.

Contents:

America's backyard

Reversing the trend

Sufficient means

The sweet smell of success.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-136) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804768160

0804768161

OCLC:

781359621