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In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic bill of the disastrous try to overthrow Castro in April 1961. Sketching on recently declassified CIA documents, Jones deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that resulted in the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs. Ignoring warnings from the ambassador to Cuba, the Eisenhower administration put in action an procedure that proved nearly unstoppable, even after the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. The CIA and Pentagon, meanwhile, both voiced confidence in the outcome of the invasion, especially after coordinating earlier successful coups in Guatemala and Iran. And so the Kennedy administration launched the exile make toward its doom in Cochinos Bay on April 17, 1961. Jones gives a riveting bill of the fight - and the bafflement in the White House - before moving on to explore its implications. The Bay of Pigs, he creates, set the course of Kennedy's foreign policy. It was a humiliation for the administration that fueled doubts of Communist domination and pressed Kennedy toward a hardline "cold warrior" position. But at the same time, the failed harm left him deeply skeptical of CIA and armed forces advisers and influenced his later activities during the Cuban missile problems. The "Pivotal Occasions in American Background" series seeks to unite the old and the new record, merging the insights and techniques of recent historiography with the energy of traditional narrative. Each title has a solid narrative arc with play, irony, suspense, and - most importantly - great individuals who embody the real human aspect of historical events. The overall editors of "Pivotal Occasions" are not just historians; they are really popular authors themselves, and, in two conditions, Pulitzer Prize winners: David Hackett Fischer, Wayne M. McPherson, and David Greenberg. Hopefully you like your American Background offered up with verve, wit, and an eyeball for the telling detail!
