January 7th 2020
The Fish That Ate The Whale. The life and times of America’s banana king. Rich Cohen
The Fish That Ate The Whale. The life and times of America’s banana king.Rich Cohen.2012 ISBN 9781429946292. The author did exhaustive research on the rise of a poor immigrant Sam “the Banana Man” Zemurray to the largest shareholder of United Fruit. Along the way he reshaped Central America and Cuba, launched regime changes, wrote the playbook for CIA operations in banana republics, funded the Zionist movement in Israel, and shipped thousands of Zionist to Israel on his fleet of banana boats. Good book on hands on leadership, very hard work a, dogged determination, strong will and the perils of a one man at the top business structure. Gives good background on the mess that is now Central America and insights into US policy (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy)
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Category: History
