Synopses & Reviews
The abortive U.S. invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 and the Cuban missile crisis the following year were two of the most important moments in American foreign policy.
Synopsis
In this intriguing collection of documents, drawn from the State Department, the Kennedy Library, private papers, and the Assassination Records Review Board, and including newly released materials, Mark White traces the attitudes and actions of the Kennedys in their fateful obsession with Castro and Cuba. Full of fascinating information. --Mary Carroll, Booklist
Table of Contents
Bay of Pigs --Operation Mongoose --Before the storm: autumn 1962 --Missile crisis --Loose ends --1963: old tactics, new approaches.