John H. Coatsworth

About the Author

John H. Coatsworth is a distinguished historian and scholar of Latin American history, renowned for his incisive analyses of U.S. foreign policy and its profound impacts on the region. With a career spanning decades at prestigious institutions like Harvard University and Columbia University, where he served as dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Coatsworth has illuminated the complexities of imperialism, economic development, and political upheaval in the Americas. His seminal work, Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (Series on Latin American Studies), meticulously chronicles the 1954 CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Guatemala's democratic government, exposing the human cost of Cold War interventions. Through rigorous research and eloquent prose, Coatsworth challenges readers to confront the legacies of interventionism that continue to shape global relations today.