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020			_a9781555878221
035			_a(OCoLC)37109159
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050	0	0	_aF1788 _b.P575 1997
082	0	0	_a972.91064 _222 _bPO-
245	0	0	_aPolitics of illusion _bthe bay of pigs invasion reexamined
260			_aBoulder _bLynne Rienner Pub. _c1998
300			_axix,284p. _bmaps _c24 cm.
490	1		_aStudies in Cuban history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tPrologue: "John Wayne's" Betrayals -- _g1. _tThe Anti-Castro Resistance Meets the CIA -- _g2. _tThe CIA Calls the Shots -- _g3. _tKennedy's Attempts to Topple Castro -- _g4. _tAssassination and the Use of U.S. Military Force at the Bay of Pigs -- _g5. _tOperation MONGOOSE and the Fate of the Resistance -- _g6. _tAftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion -- _tEpilogue: "John Wayne's" Illusions -- _gApp. 3. _tChronology of U.S. Decisionmaking Regarding the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Operation MONGOOSE, January 1959-October 1962 -- _gApp. 4. _tChronology of Cuban Resistance, January 1959-July 1961 -- _gApp. 5. _tDeclassified Documents.
520			_aThe defeat of the attempted April 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was one of the worst foreign-policy disasters in U.S. history. Since then, explanations of the event have emphasized betrayal by one U.S. agency or another, seeking to assign blame for the "loss" of Cuba. With the benefit of new documentation, however - from U.S. government and Cuban exile sources - as well as the first-hand accounts of key participants, Politics of Illusion shows the current mythology to be just that.
520	8		_aBased on an innovative series of meetings that brought together former CIA officials, former anti-Castro Cuban operatives, a former high-ranking Soviet official, and others who were directly involved in the events - nearly all speaking on the record for the first time - this critical oral history demonstrates that all of the anti-Castro parties were guilty of illusions, to one degree or another.
520	8		_aBlight and Kornbluh provide a thorough and perceptive context for the discussions held at the meetings, transcripts of the actual sessions, a selection of the main documents discussed by the participants, and a discussion of the implications of the participants' conclusions for current U.S.-Cuban relations.
650		0	_aOral history. _929399
651		0	_aCuba _xHistory _yInvasion, 1961. _929400
700	1		_aBlight, James G _929401
700	1		_aKornbluh, Peter _929402
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