Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala is a historical and political analysis book that examines the 1954 U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s democratically elected government and its lasting consequences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1308548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala Context triple: [Stephen Kinzer, notableWork, Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala]
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A.
Nuestra América
Nuestra América is an influential 1891 essay by José Martí that calls for Latin American unity, cultural independence, and resistance to imperialism.
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B.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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C.
The Growth and Decline of the Cuban Republic
"The Growth and Decline of the Cuban Republic" is a political memoir and historical account by former Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, in which he defends his rule and interprets the events leading to the Cuban Revolution.
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D.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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E.
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 is a non-fiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the covert operations, internal politics, and controversies of the CIA during the Reagan administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala Target entity description: Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala is a historical and political analysis book that examines the 1954 U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s democratically elected government and its lasting consequences.
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A.
Nuestra América
Nuestra América is an influential 1891 essay by José Martí that calls for Latin American unity, cultural independence, and resistance to imperialism.
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B.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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C.
The Growth and Decline of the Cuban Republic
"The Growth and Decline of the Cuban Republic" is a political memoir and historical account by former Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, in which he defends his rule and interprets the events leading to the Cuban Revolution.
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D.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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E.
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 is a non-fiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the covert operations, internal politics, and controversies of the CIA during the Reagan administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| author |
Stephen Kinzer
ⓘ
Stephen Schlesinger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
economic interests of United Fruit Company
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impact of U.S. anti-communism in Latin America ⓘ long-term consequences of the coup for Guatemala ⓘ role of the CIA in Guatemala ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | Operation PBSUCCESS ⓘ |
| genre |
historical analysis
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political analysis ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of U.S. intervention ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition | 1999 revised edition ⓘ |
| influenced |
public understanding of CIA operations in Guatemala
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scholarship on U.S.–Latin America relations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| nonFictionSubject | U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s government ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed documentation of the 1954 Guatemalan coup
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use of declassified U.S. government documents ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
Guatemala
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subject |
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
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CIA covert operations ⓘ Central America ⓘ Cold War ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobo Árbenz government
United Fruit Company ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ interventionism ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1954
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aftermath of the 1954 coup ⓘ early 1950s ⓘ |
| topic |
Guatemalan land reform policies
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Guatemalan military regimes ⓘ U.S. corporate lobbying in foreign policy ⓘ human rights consequences of the coup ⓘ |
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