num_pages: 284
description: Using a combination of the documentary record, specialists' theories, and the oral recollections of key players in the Bay of Pigs invasion from the Kennedy administration, the CIA, the anti-Castro brigades, and Moscow, the authors argue that the theories of betrayal as to who "lost" Cuba were based on various mistaken beliefs held by all of the members of the anti-Castro coalition. They argue that these illusions were based on a "John Wayne" foreign policy that is still evident today in such legislation as the Helms-Burton act. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined
titlecomplete: Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined (Studies in Cuban History)
genres: History
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub