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020			_a9781574 886764 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bENGLISH _c3228
082			_a327.1273 BOHN
100			_a BOHNING, Don _959746
245		0	_aThe Castro obsession : U.S. covert operations against Cuba, 1959-1965 _cDon Bohning.
250			_aFirst Edition
260			_aWashington, D.C. _bPotomac Books, _c2006.
300			_axii, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates _bcolour illustrations, portraits _c22 cm
500			_aOriginally published: 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.
520			_aSummary: "At the height of the Cold War, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations made removing Fidel Castro's regime one of their highest foreign policy priorities. Their fervent desire to get rid of Castro led to the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, but the efforts to oust his regime did not end there. It became an obsession. "The Castro Obsession provides new insight into the bold U.S. covert war against Cuba that lasted from 1959 until 1965. Primarly through the CIA and the military, the United States resorted to economic and political destabilization, propaganda, sabotage, hit-and-run raids, and assassination plots to try to topple the regime. This secret war was one of the most wide-ranging, sustained, expensive, and ultimately futile covert action campaigns in history.""Instead of ridding the hemisphere of a dictator, these efforts increased his international political stature and provided him the excuse for more repression in Cuba. U.S. attempts to overthrow Castro also had dire unintended consequences, such as contributing to the Soviet decision to install nuclear missiles in Cuba, which produced the most dangerous crisis of the Cold War. Bohning sheds new light on this covert war, revealing that it was even more extensive, risky, and long-lived than previously thought."--Jacket.
521			_aAdult
651			_aSouth Africa
654			_2Espionage, American Diplomatic relations Subversive activities Cuba United States History Since 1900
655			_a History. _9138377
690			_268262960
700			_aDon Bohning. _9191388
942			_cBOOK _2ddc _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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