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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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