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001 2008001591
003 DLC
005 20090403072051.0
008 080111s2008 enkabf b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780195173833
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035 $a(OCoLC)179802571
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050 00 $aF1788$b.J615 2008
082 00 $a972.9106$222
100 1 $aJones, Howard,$d1940-
245 14 $aThe Bay of Pigs /$cHoward Jones.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2008.
300 $axvi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aPivotal moments in American history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.
520 $aJones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Eisenhower's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
505 0 $aGenesis -- Trinidad -- Zapata -- Politics -- D-day -- Requiem -- Inquisition.
651 0 $aCuba$xHistory$yInvasion, 1961.
650 0 $aCounterrevolutionaries$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCuba.
651 0 $aCuba$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1953-1961.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008001591-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008001591-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008001591-t.html