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The Cuban connection : Nixon, Castro, and the mob / William Weyand Turner.

Van Pelt Library E183.8.C9 T87 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Turner, William W.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Espionage, American.
History.
Subversive activities.
Organized crime.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
United States.
International relations.
Cuba.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Nixon, Richard M.
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.
Castro, Fidel.
Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.
Organized crime--United States--History--20th century.
Organized crime--Cuba--History--20th century.
Subversive activities--Cuba--History--20th century.
Espionage, American--Cuba--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2013.
Contents:
Chapter 1 The Violent Past Is Prologue 29
Chapter 2 The Eagle Has Landed 37
Chapter 3 Havana Syndicated 49
Chapter 4 Sidebar: Jack Ruby 65
Chapter 5 The Nixon Nobody Knew 75
Chapter 6 The Alliance Nobody Knew 83
Chapter 7 Nixon's Red-Baiting Boomerangs into Castro Epiphany 91
Chapter 8 Setting Up the Bay of Pigs and Other Disasters 95
Chapter 9 Major Morgan's Triple Play 105
Chapter 10 The Beast of the Caribbean 119
Chapter 11 La Batalla de Girón 127
Chapter 12 Kennedy Gets His Irish Up 145
Chapter 13 The Hits That Missed 153
Chapter 14 Decisions, Decisions: Invasion No. 2 165
Chapter 15 The Flying Tiger and the Phony Rescue 173
Chapter 16 The Navy That Nobody Knew 177
Chapter 17 The CIA's Unruly Stepchild 183
Chapter 18 Nixon's Vendetta 193
Chapter 19 The Coup That Nobody Knew 199.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781616147570
1616147571
OCLC:
818738069

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