PBSuccess: The CIA's covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan

PBSuccess: The CIA's covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz June-July 1954 (Latin America@War)

'In January 1954, at the peak of the so-called â€œCold Warâ€, the U.S. Government set to overthrow the Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz, who had been deemed a Communist and a dangerous influence in Central America. Thus, the Central Intelligence Agency was ordered to launch a clandestine paramilitary operation, code-named â€œProject PBSuccessâ€, for setting a precedent in a region that was considered the U.S. backyard. Six months later, Arbenz was out and a new â€œruling juntaâ€, more amiable to U.S. interests, had replaced him. In the process, the Agency not only had established the principles and tactics for all its future covert operations, but also had shaped the U.S. foreign policy for years to come.

Based primarily on CIA declassified documents and Guatemalan military sources, this book explores the volatile political and military scenario in which Project PBSuccess unfolded and, for the first time, delves into a rather poorly documented aspect of the operation: The use of air power by both, the CIA and the Guatemalan Air Force.

Backed by more than 20 years of careful research, the book covers the desperate attempts of the Guatemalan air arm for establishing a credible defense plan with very limited resources, and the difficulties that the Agency had to overcome in order to organize a rebel air force while navigating a sea of red tape and bureaucracy. It also examines all air operations launched prior and during the campaign, and brings to life the aircraft and the aviators that flew in those missions, sometimes with tragic results. Besides a selection of photos never published before, the book also features a section on color profiles and markings, and a set of tables detailing the identities of the aircraft involved and the missions flown, on a day-by-day basis.'
Country USA
Brand Helion & Company
Manufacturer Helion and Company
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781910777893
ReleaseDate 2016-08-19

Country	USA
Brand	Helion & Company
Manufacturer	Helion and Company
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781910777893
ReleaseDate	2016-08-19

PBSuccess: The CIA's covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz June-July 1954 (Latin America@War)

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