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The Bay of Pigs / Howard Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Howard, 1940-2022.
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterrevolutionaries.
- History.
- Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961.
- Cuba.
- Counterrevolutionaries--Cuba--History--20th century.
- United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Genesis
- Trinidad
- Zapata
- Politics
- D-day
- Requiem
- Inquisition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195173833
- 019517383X
- OCLC:
- 179802571
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