The great game in Cuba : how the CIA sabotaged its own plot to unseat Fidel Castro / by Joan Mellen.

Title
  1. The great game in Cuba : how the CIA sabotaged its own plot to unseat Fidel Castro / by Joan Mellen.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2013]
Author
  1. Mellen, Joan.

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Description
  1. lii, 332 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 > Assassination attempts
  2. United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century
  3. 1900-1999
  4. Espionage, American > Cuba
  5. Subversive activities > Cuba > History > 20th century
  6. United States > Relations > Cuba
  7. Cuba > Relations > United States
  8. United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain