The inevitable battle : from the Bay Of Pigs to Playa Girón /

"The Rout of U.S.-organized and -financed forces at Girón Beach on Cuba's Bay of Pigs in April 1961 was Washington's greatest military defeat in the Americas. It has marked the course of history for the last fifty years ... is a fast-moving narrative by an author who at the time was a...

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Main Author: Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Havana, Cuba : Editorial Capitán San Luis, 2009.
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Summary:"The Rout of U.S.-organized and -financed forces at Girón Beach on Cuba's Bay of Pigs in April 1961 was Washington's greatest military defeat in the Americas. It has marked the course of history for the last fifty years ... is a fast-moving narrative by an author who at the time was a young literacy teacher in the zone where the battle was fought. Painstakingly researched, without caricatures and oversimplifications, it offers one of the fullest accounts yet written. It will satisfy the most demanding of readers, as well as those simply curious to learn the story of the this momentous event."--Back cover.
Physical Description:xvi, 359 pages : photographs ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9789592113374
9592113378