Red heat
Subtitle: conspiracy, murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
By: Alex von Tunzelmann
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9781847374509; 9780857201898
Subjects: Foreign relations; History; Diplomatic relations; Außenpolitik; Ost-West-Konflikt
Description: America.s secret war in the Caribbean during the Cold War is revealed as never before in this riveting story of the machinations and blunders of superpowers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-487) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the secret war; title: In search of monsters to destroy; title: The entrails; title: Good neighbours; title: Quacking like a duck; title: Comrades; title: Cuba libre; title: A lot of fuss by a bunch of communists; title: The minds of unsophisticated peoples; title: Not red but olive green; title: Our real friends; title: A crusade to save free enterprise; title: Cockfight; title: Regime change; title: One of the most ridiculous things that has ever occurred in the history of the United States; title: The death of the goat; title: Throwing a hedgehog down Uncle Sam's pants; title: Apocalypse now?; title: Fallout; title: Papadocracy; title: Bad news; title: Another Cuba; title: Zombies.