The brilliant disaster : JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs

Summary: A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out.

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ISBN: 1439100470
ISBN: 9781439100479
ISBN: 1416596534
ISBN: 9781416596530
ISBN: 141659650X
ISBN: 9781416596509
Physical Description: xviii, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
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Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2011.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-441) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"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".