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Author Jones, Howard, 1940-

Title The Bay of Pigs / Howard Jones.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pivotal moments in American history
Pivotal moments in American history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Invasion of Cuba (Cuba : 1961)
Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961.
Counterrevolutionaries -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Counterrevolutionaries.
Cuba.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba.
United States.
International relations.
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Chronological Term 1953-1961
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Jones, Howard, 1940- Bay of Pigs. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195173833 019517383X (DLC) 2008001591 (OCoLC)179802571
ISBN 9780199721306 (electronic book)
0199721300 (electronic book)
9780195173833
019517383X