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Bitter Fruit
David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies (Related to this series)
- Author
- Stephen Stephen Kinzer
- Narrator
- Bill Andrew Quinn
- Publisher
- Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
- Publish Date
- 6 April 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.
This audiobook is expertly read by Bill Andrew Quinn, with audio engineering by Mike Thal. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Copyright (C) 1982, 1983 by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer (P) (2025) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
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Details
- Author
- Stephen Stephen Kinzer
- Narrator
- Bill Andrew Quinn
- Duration
- 11 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9798349137846
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Synopsis
Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.This audiobook is expertly read by Bill Andrew Quinn, with audio engineering by Mike Thal. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.Copyright (C) 1982, 1983 by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer (P) (2025) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
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