Official history of the bay of pigs operation
Contributors: National Security Archive (U.S.)
Series: National Security Archive electronic briefing book -- no. 355; National Security Archive electronic briefing book -- no. 355.
Publisher: National Security Archive
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: History; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States
Description: The CIA history of the Bay of Pigs operation in 1961, originally classified top secret, based on dozens of interviews with key operatives and officials and hundreds of CIA documents. The four volumes include information never before released and comprise (I) Air Operations, March 1960-1961; (II) Participation in the Conduct of Foreign Policy; (III) Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro Policies, 1959-January 1961; and (IV) The Taylor Committee Investigation of the Bay of Pigs.  The Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operations was written between 1974 and 1984 by Jack Pfeiffer, a member of the Agency's staff who rose to become the CIA's Chief Historian.