The Great Game in Cuba: How the CIA Sabotaged Its Own Plot to Unseat Fidel Castro - Hardcover

Mellen, Joan

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ISBN 10: 1620874679 ISBN 13: 9781620874677

Verlag: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013

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Bob Kleberg's description by Edna Ferber [in her novel, Giant] makes for a magnificent novel, but Joan Mellen has perfectly interpreted history. --Gustavo de los Reyes Joan Mellen tells a brilliantly researched, meticulously supported, and compulsively readable tale that everyone concerned with how America operates should know. --Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders A 'must read' for the serious minded, who will find it both riveting and fascinating in yet another chapter of the untold history of the Cold War. --Peter Janney, author of Mary s Mosaic Until now, the role of Texas' King Ranch in anti-Castro activities during the turbulent 1960s has remained largely unknown. Based on never-before-seen documents and interviews with key witnesses, Joan Mellen opens an important new window on the CIA's secret history. --Dick Russell, author of On the Trail of the JFK Assassins What Joan offers here is an anatomy lesson in our secret history. Operation after operation is laid open mercilessly, the complicated motives of leaders on all sides become heartbreakingly clear. This book is a must-read for students of American clandestine warfare. --Burton Hersh, author of The Old Boys and Bobby and J. Edgar Bob Kleberg s description by Edna Ferber [in her novel, Giant] makes for a magnificent novel, but Joan Mellen has perfectly interpreted history. --Gustavo de los Reyes A must read for the serious minded, who will find it both riveting and fascinating in yet another chapter of the untold history of the Cold War. --Peter Janney, author of Mary s Mosaic

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The Great Game in Cuba details the CIA's inner workings during the fifties and sixties, painting a vivid behind-the-scenes picture of the CIA in Cuba after the Castro revolution: what it wanted and the lengths it was willing to go to paralyze the opposition to Fidel Castro. The game begins with Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., proprietor of the legendary King Ranch, one of the largest ranches in the world.An array of Cubans share never-before-revealed information regarding the agency''s activities in Cuba and its attempts to unseat Castro and install a CIA-friendly figurehead in his place. A testament to the sheer volume of previously classified and untold information, The Great Game in Cuba is a story the world needsto hear.

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• Verlag: Skyhorse Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1620874679
• ISBN 13: 9781620874677
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416