The Castro Obsession
Subtitle: U.S. Covert Operations in Cuba, 1959-1965
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: August 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781574886764
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Latin America - General; History; History - U.S.; Military; Cuba; USA; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba; History / Military / General; Military - General; 20th century; Foreign relations; Subversive activities; United States
First sentence: From Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba on New Year's Day of 1959 until the mid-1960s, the U.S. government resorted to economic and political destabilization, propaganda, manipulation, sabotage, and assassination plots to remove him.