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The brilliant disaster : JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs / Jim Rasenberger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, 2011.Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: xviii, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416596509 (hbk.)
  • 141659650X (hbk.)
  • 9781439100479 (ebk.)
  • 1439100470 (ebk.)
Other title:
  • JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.9106/4
LOC classification:
  • 107 F 1788 R224b 2011
Contents:
"The Bay of Pigs thing" -- "Balls were in the air" : Saturday April 15, 1961 -- Honeymoon: April 15-October 26, 1959 -- A program of covert action: November 3, 1959-January 19, 1961 -- Golden interlude: January 20-April 14, 1961 -- D-Day: April 15-April 19, 1961 -- Aftermath: April 20-December 31, 1962 -- "It could have been worse"
Summary: A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 107 F 1788 R224b 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101620

Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-441) and index.

"The Bay of Pigs thing" -- "Balls were in the air" : Saturday April 15, 1961 -- Honeymoon: April 15-October 26, 1959 -- A program of covert action: November 3, 1959-January 19, 1961 -- Golden interlude: January 20-April 14, 1961 -- D-Day: April 15-April 19, 1961 -- Aftermath: April 20-December 31, 1962 -- "It could have been worse"

A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out.

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