Politics of Illusion : : The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined / / ed. by Peter Kornbluh, James G. Blight.

Based on an innovative series of meetings that brought together former CIA officials, former anti-Castro Cuban operatives, and others who were directly involved in the attempted April 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Giron), this critical oral history belies the mythology surrounding...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Studies in Cuban History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
A Note on Declassified Documents --
Dramatis Personae --
Prologue: "John Wayne's" Betrayals --
1 The Anti-Castro Resistance Meets the CIA --
2 The CIA Calls the Shots --
3 Kennedy's Attempts to Topple Castro --
4 Assassination and the Use of U.S. Military Force at the Bay of Pigs --
5 Operation MONGOOSE and the Fate of the Resistance --
6 Aftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion --
Epilogue: "John Wayne's" Illusions --
Appendix 1: Maps --
Appendix 2: Abbreviations and Acronyms --
Appendix 3: Chronology of U.S. Decisionmaking Regarding the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Operation MONGOOSE, January 1959-0ctober 1962 --
Appendix 4: Chronology of Cuban Resistance, January 1959-July 1961 --
Appendix 5: Declassified Documents --
Index --
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Summary:Based on an innovative series of meetings that brought together former CIA officials, former anti-Castro Cuban operatives, and others who were directly involved in the attempted April 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Giron), this critical oral history belies the mythology surrounding the event.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781685855840
9783110784268
DOI:10.1515/9781685855840
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter Kornbluh, James G. Blight.