The great game in Cuba : how the CIA sabotaged its own plot to unseat Fidel Castro / by Joan Mellen.
- Title
- The great game in Cuba : how the CIA sabotaged its own plot to unseat Fidel Castro / by Joan Mellen.
- Published by
- New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2013]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- lii, 332 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- Reveals the CIA's efforts to halt opposition to Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution and install a CIA-friendly figurehead in his position, documenting the contributions of Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and the disappearance of Camilo Cienfuegos.
- Subject
- Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 > Assassination attempts
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Espionage, American > Cuba
- Subversive activities > Cuba > History > 20th century
- United States > Relations > Cuba
- Cuba > Relations > United States
- United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Mr. Bob in his ascendancy -- El patrón -- King Ranch goes global -- Alberto Fernández returns to Cuba -- Away all boats: the lion and CIA -- The agony of Humberto Sorí Marín -- Little Boy Blue and our Chivas Regal friend, 1962-1967 -- Dionisio Pastrana and the Soviet missiles: hard intelligence -- Endgame: Cuba.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain