02317nam 2200649 a 450 991081499760332120230721032931.00-19-771679-20-19-974381-91-281-71808-497866117180840-19-972130-0(CKB)1000000000541047(EBL)415835(OCoLC)263159473(SSID)ssj0000109285(PQKBManifestationID)11140325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109285(PQKBWorkID)10045848(PQKB)11466328(Au-PeEL)EBL415835(CaPaEBR)ebr10246267(CaONFJC)MIL171808(MiAaPQ)EBC415835(EXLCZ)99100000000054104720080111d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bay of Pigs[electronic resource] /Howard JonesOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (273 p.)Pivotal moments in American historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-975425-X 0-19-517383-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.Genesis -- Trinidad -- Zapata -- Politics -- D-day -- Requiem -- Inquisition.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.Pivotal moments in American history.CounterrevolutionariesCubaHistory20th centuryCubaHistoryInvasion, 1961United StatesForeign relationsCubaCubaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1953-1961CounterrevolutionariesHistory972.9106Jones Howard1940-1604438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814997603321The Bay of Pigs3929272UNINA