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For God and the CIA : Cuban exile forces in the Congo and beyond c.1961-1967 / Stephen Rookes.
Van Pelt Library DT658.22 .R66 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rookes, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- Africa@War ; 52.
- Africa@war series ; 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military participation--Cuban.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States.
- History, Military.
- History.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--Civil War, 1960-1965--Participation, Cuban.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--History, Military--20th century.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 80 pages, viii unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white and colour), maps (black and white and colour) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, [2020]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Development of the United States Covert War Apparatus
- 2. How to Overthrow a Foreign Leader: Guatemala, 1954
- 3. From Guatemala to Cuba, 1961
- 4. From the Caribbean to the Congo
- 5. The Tools of Counterinsurgency
- 6. Cubans versus Cubans in the Congo
- 7. Mobutu, the Mercenary Revolt and the Makasi
- Appendices
- I. Pilot Instructions for Makasi pilots serving in the Congo in the mid-1960s
- II. Extracts from Antonio Soto Vazquez's Contract with Caribbean Marine Aero Corporation (Caramar), in 1963
- III. Cuban Exiles who served in the Congo (Pilots, technicians, administration).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1913336247
- 9781913336240
- OCLC:
- 1142307763
- Publisher Number:
- 99988069930
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