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008 111013s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780230621237 (hardback)
020 $a0230621236 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn733231302
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050 00 $aJL1009.5.I6$bL37 2012
082 00 $a327.12730729109/046$223
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100 1 $aLatell, Brian.
245 10 $aCastro's secrets :$bthe CIA and Cuba's intelligence machine /$cBrian Latell.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $axi, 272 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
505 0 $aBetter than us -- On Fidel's orders -- Rooftop stories -- Come to Cuba -- At daggers drawn -- Tyrannicide -- Mouth of the lion -- Whiplash -- The big job -- Great minds -- Conspiracy of silence -- Afterword.
520 $a"In this riveting Cold War history, highly acclaimed author Brian Latell offers us a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Latell draws his narrative on personal interviews with high level defectors from Cuba's intelligence, many of whom have not spoken out for over nearly five decades. The result is a vivid and revelatory account that revises our understanding of how Fidel operated, what his goals were, and how he imagined the future for his tiny island nation. Latell takes us from from the crimes Fidel allegedly committed as a youth in the anti-Battista movement, to how quickly he built up an intelligence system that rivaled the Soviet Union's KGB and Britain's M15 in effectiveness, and how that translated into a feud with JFK's administration and the CIA, and the ultimate confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crises that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aIntelligence service$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCentral Intelligence Agency$zCuba.
600 10 $aCastro, Fidel,$d1926-
600 10 $aKennedy, John F.$q(John Fitzgerald),$d1917-1963$xAssassination.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/237/9780230621237/image/lgcover.9780230621237.jpg