The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs

A "balanced, engrossing account" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden...
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Author: Jim Rasenberger
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The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs by Rasenberger, Jim

The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs

€32,42

The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs

€32,42
Author: Jim Rasenberger
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A "balanced, engrossing account" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering the vivid truth of five pivotal days in April 1961.

At the heart of the Bay of Pigs crisis stood President John F. Kennedy, and journalist Jim Rasenberger traces what Kennedy knew, thought, and said as events unfolded. He examines whether Kennedy was manipulated by the CIA into approving a plan that would ultimately involve the American military. He also draws compelling portraits of the other figures who played key roles in the drama: Fidel Castro, who shortly after achieving power visited New York City and was cheered by thousands (just months before the United States began plotting his demise); Dwight Eisenhower, who originally ordered the secret program, then later disavowed it; Allen Dulles, the CIA director who may have told Kennedy about the plan before he was elected president (or so Richard Nixon suspected); and Richard Bissell, the famously brilliant "deus ex machina" who ran the operation for the CIA--and took the blame when it failed. Beyond the short-term fallout, Rasenberger demonstrates, the Bay of Pigs gave rise to further and greater woes, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and even, possibly, the assassination of John Kennedy.

Written with elegant clarity and narrative verve, The Brilliant Disaster is the most complete account of this event to date, providing not only a fast-paced chronicle of the disaster but an analysis of how it occurred--a question as relevant today as then--and how it profoundly altered the course of modern American history.

Author: Jim Rasenberger
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 04/10/2012
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.72w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9781416596530

About the Author
Jim Rasenberger is the author of America, 1908, and High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline. A frequent contributor to The New York Times, he lives in New York City with his wife and twin sons.

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