• DOI:10.1080/02684520500269010
Corpus ID: 154550395

Architecture of a broken dream: The CIA and Guatemala, 1952–54

@article{Fraser2005ArchitectureOA,
  title={Architecture of a broken dream: The CIA and Guatemala, 1952–54},
  author={A. Fraser},
  journal={Intelligence and National Security},
  year={2005},
  volume={20},
  pages={486 - 508}
}

A. Fraser

Published 2005

Political Science

Intelligence and National Security

In 1954, the United States launched a coup against Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz. In 2003, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of State declassified new documents pertaining to the fall of the Arbenz regime. In this paper I argue that although the new information does not substantially alter the overall debate about the causes and consequences of the action, it offers a portrait of the operation which is richer and more complex than what has been seen before. The documents… CONTINUE READING

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