Rasenberger, Jim. <br/><br/>
The brilliant disaster :  JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs / 
 JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs 
Jim Rasenberger. 
 - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Scribner,  2011. 
 - xviii, 460 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-441) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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" 
<br/><br/> A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416596509 (hbk.) 141659650X (hbk.) 9781439100479 (ebk.) 1439100470 (ebk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011004178 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. <br/>Castro, Fidel, 1926- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.<br/>Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.<br/>Cuba--Historia--Invasión, 1961.<br/>Cuba--Relaciones exteriores--Estados Unidos.<br/>Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Cuba
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>107 F 1788  / R224b 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.9106/4