02191cam a2200481 a 4500 108999 20230404130032.0 110204s2011 nyuab b 001 0deng 16638321 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2011004178 9781416596509 (hbk.) 141659650X (hbk.) 9781416596530 (pbk.) 1416596534 (pbk.) 9781439100479 (ebk.) 1439100470 (ebk.) (OCoLC)ocn646112911 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP NSB UPZ CDX BWX SGB NSB DLC pcc nwcu--- n-us--- 107 F 1788 R224b 2011 972.9106/4 Rasenberger, Jim. The brilliant disaster : JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs / Jim Rasenberger. JFK, Castro, and America's doomed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2011. xviii, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-441) and index. "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" A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out. Cuba History Invasion, 1961. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Castro, Fidel, 1926- United States Foreign relations Cuba. Cuba Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations 1953-1961. Cuba Historia Invasión, 1961. Cuba Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Cuba 9651 9651 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 107 F 1788 R224b 2011 00000101620 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk