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The Bay of Pigs / Howard Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Howard, 1940-2022, author.
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in American history.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Pivotal moments in American history
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterrevolutionaries--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Counterrevolutionaries.
- Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961.
- Cuba.
- United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
- United States.
- Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-223) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771679-2
- 0-19-974381-9
- 1-281-71808-4
- 9786611718084
- 0-19-972130-0
- OCLC:
- 263159473
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