Secret history: the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954
"In 1992, the Central Intelligence Agency hired the young historian Nick Cullather to write a history (classified "secret" and for internal distribution only) of the Agency's Operation PBSUCCESS, which overthrew the lawful government of Guatemala in 1954. Given full access to the...
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| Previous Title: | Frühere CIA-Archiv Ausg. ersch. 1994 u.d.T Cullather, Nick : Operation PBSUCCESS |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif.
Stanford Univ. Press
1999
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| Edition: | Orig. print. |
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| Summary: | "In 1992, the Central Intelligence Agency hired the young historian Nick Cullather to write a history (classified "secret" and for internal distribution only) of the Agency's Operation PBSUCCESS, which overthrew the lawful government of Guatemala in 1954. Given full access to the Agency's archives, he produced a vivid insider's account, intended as a training manual for cover operators, detailing how the CIA chose targets, planned strategies, and organized the mechanics of waging a secret war. In 1997, during a brief period of open disclosure, the CIA declassified the history with remarkably few substantive deletions. The New York Times called it "an astonishingly frank account ... which may be a high-water mark in the agency's openness." Here is that account, with new notes by the author which clarify points in the history and add newly available information." "This book reveals how the legend of PBSUCCESS grew, and why attempts to imitate it failed so disastrously at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 and in the Contra war in the 1980's. The Afterword traces the effects of the coup of 1954 on the subsequent unstable politics and often violent history of Guatemala."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: | XV, 142 S., S. XX - XL Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0804733104 0804733112 |
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| spelling | Cullather, Nick Verfasser aut Secret history the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954 Nick Cullather Orig. print. Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 1999 XV, 142 S., S. XX - XL Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 1992, the Central Intelligence Agency hired the young historian Nick Cullather to write a history (classified "secret" and for internal distribution only) of the Agency's Operation PBSUCCESS, which overthrew the lawful government of Guatemala in 1954. Given full access to the Agency's archives, he produced a vivid insider's account, intended as a training manual for cover operators, detailing how the CIA chose targets, planned strategies, and organized the mechanics of waging a secret war. In 1997, during a brief period of open disclosure, the CIA declassified the history with remarkably few substantive deletions. The New York Times called it "an astonishingly frank account ... which may be a high-water mark in the agency's openness." Here is that account, with new notes by the author which clarify points in the history and add newly available information." "This book reveals how the legend of PBSUCCESS grew, and why attempts to imitate it failed so disastrously at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 and in the Contra war in the 1980's. The Afterword traces the effects of the coup of 1954 on the subsequent unstable politics and often violent history of Guatemala."--BOOK JACKET. Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo <1913-1971> United States. Central Intelligence Agency CIA gtt Geheime oorlogvoering gtt Geschichte Putsch in Guatemala 1954 (DE-588)4122581-8 gnd rswk-swf Guatemala - Foreign relations - United States - 1945- United States - Foreign relations - Guatemala - 1953-1961 USA Guatemala History 1945-1985 Guatemala History Revolution, 1954 Guatemala Relations United States United States Relations Guatemala Putsch in Guatemala 1954 (DE-588)4122581-8 s DE-604 Frühere CIA-Archiv Ausg. ersch. 1994 u.d.T Cullather, Nick : Operation PBSUCCESS |
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| title | Secret history the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954 |
| title_auth | Secret history the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954 |
| title_exact_search | Secret history the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954 |
| title_full | Secret history the CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952 - 1954 Nick Cullather |
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| title_old | Frühere CIA-Archiv Ausg. ersch. 1994 u.d.T Cullather, Nick : Operation PBSUCCESS |
| title_short | Secret history |
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