For decades, the CIA s top secret postmortem on the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion has been the holy grail of historians, students, and survivors of the failed invasion of Cuba. But the scathing internal report on the worst foreign policy debacle of the Kennedy administration, written by the CIA s then inspector general Lyman Kirkpatrick, has remained tightly guarded until now.
Dislodged from the government through the Freedom of Information Act, here is an uncompromising look at high officials arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence, as displayed in their attitude toward Castro s...
For decades, the CIA s top secret postmortem on the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion has been the holy grail of historians, students, and survivors ...
History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of their move to restore full diplomatic relations, this powerful book is essential to understanding ongoing efforts toward normalization in a new era of engagement. Challenging the conventional wisdom of perpetual conflict and aggression between the United States and Cuba since 1959, Back Channel to Cuba chronicles a surprising, untold history of bilateral efforts toward rapprochement and...
History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement...
