The Bay of Pigs Invasion as the US's 'Perfect Failure'

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Fe Lorraine Reyes, « The Bay of Pigs Invasion as the US's 'Perfect Failure' », PopMeC research blog, ID : 10.58079/szfc


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Download PDF version Sixty years ago today, April 17, 1961, a CIA-operated group of Cuban exiles sought to overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro in what is known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. The planning for this overthrow culminated in 1960 when President Dwight Eisenhower ordered for the classified training of 1400 anti-Castro dissidents tasked with overthrowing the Prime Minister the following year. The Cold War had sparked tensions between Cuba and the United States. Cuba, whi...

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