The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention (Texas Pan American Series)

Using documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, recently opened archival collections & interviews with the actual participants, Immerman provides us with a definitive, powerfully written & tension-packed account of the USA's clandestine operations in Guatemala & their consequences in Latin America since then. Truman, Eisenhower, And The Cold War In Latin America -- Underdevelopment, Repression, And Revolution -- The Revolutionary Governments: Communism Or Nationalism? -- The View From The North -- From Truman To Eisenhower: The Road To Intervention -- Project Pbsuccess: The Preparation -- Project Pbsuccess: The Coup -- Project Pbsuccess: The Legacy. By Richard H. Immerman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 5. 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 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. Recounts the American backed overthrow of the Castillo Armas government of Guatemala in 1954