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PB SUCCESS The CIA’s Covert Operation to Overthrow Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz June-July 1954

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In January 1954, at the peak of the so-called “Cold War”, 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 “Project PB Success”, for setting a precedent in a region that was considered the U.S. backyard. Six months later, Arbenz was out and a new “ruling junta”, 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. Heavily illustrated with period photographs, aircraft illustrations and maps of the operation.

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Based primarily on CIA declassified documents and Guatemalan military sources, this book explores the volatile political and military scenario in which Project PB Success 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 defence plan with very limited resources, and the difficulties that the Agency had to overcome in order to organise 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 colour 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.

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Author/Editor

Mario Overall, Dan Hagedorn
Product Code

28700
Delivery

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Format

Softback, 96 pages
Published Price £19.99
ISBN

9781910777893