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The Bay of Pigs misadventure: Part 2

Part 1 of this series focused on President John F Kennedy’s desire for the relatively-clandestine Cuban invasion mission to succeed, hoping failure would still allow for a degree of plausible deniability. The plan backfired miserably, leaving pervasive mistrust within the U.S. government. The Bay of Pigs is viewed widely as the biggest failure of theContinue reading “The Bay of Pigs misadventure: Part 2”