The Bay of Pigs / Howard Jones.
Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Eisenhower's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
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- ISBN: 9780195173833
- ISBN: 019517383X
- Physical Description: xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2008.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Genesis -- Trinidad -- Zapata -- Politics -- D-day -- Requiem -- Inquisition.
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- Counterrevolutionaries > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Cuba > History > Invasion, 1961.
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United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
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Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Eisenhower's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
