The brilliant disaster : JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs / Jim Rasenberger.
Author/creator |
Rasenberger, Jim |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
Publication Info | New York : Scribner, 2011. |
Description | xviii, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Portion of title | JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs |
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" |
Abstract | A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-441) and index. |
LCCN | 2011004178 |
ISBN | 9781416596509 (hbk.) |
ISBN | 141659650X (hbk.) |
ISBN | 9781439100479 (ebk.) |
ISBN | 1439100470 (ebk.) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | F1788 .R275 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |