After the coup

This Exceptional Collection revisits the aftermath of the 1954 coup that ousted the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz. Scholars who have worked in Guatemala from the 1940's to the present frame the impact of 1954 not only in terms of the liberal reforms and coffee revolutions of the nineteenth century, but also in terms of post-1954 U.S. foreign policy and the genocide of the 1970's and 1980's. Highlighting the voices of individuals with whom they have lived and worked, the contributors offer an unmatched understanding of how the events preceding and following the coup played out on the ground. This volume is of particular interest in the current era of the United States' re-emerging foreign policy based on preemptive strikes and a presumed clash of civilizations.

Timothy J. Smith is an assistant professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University.

Abigail E. Adams is a professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. --Book Jacket.