Preface xi
Map
xiv
Prologue 3(8)
Green
1 Selma
11(6)
2 Ripes
17(6)
3 The Fruit Jobber
23(4)
4 Brown to Green
27(4)
5 Bananas Don't Grow on Trees
31(8)
6 The Octopus
39(12)
7 New Orleans
51(8)
Yellow
8 The Isthmus
59(8)
9 To the Collins
67(8)
10 Revolutin'!
75(24)
11 To the Isthmus and Back
99(10)
12 The Banana War
109(14)
Ripe
13 King Fish
123(14)
14 The Fish That Ate the Whale
137(8)
15 Los Pericos
145(10)
16 Bananas Go to War
155(6)
17 Israel Is Real
161(12)
18 Operation Success
173(40)
19 Backlash
213(6)
Brown
20 What Remains
219(10)
21 Bay of Pigs
229(4)
22 The Earth Eats the Fish That Ate the Whale
233(2)
23 Fastest Way to the Street
235(6)
Epilogue 241(2)
A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments 243(2)
Notes 245(14)
Bibliography 259