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Operation Mongoose

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158 Pages

Edition: 1st

Year: 2004

Publisher: Editorial Capitán San Luis

ISBN: 9789592112599

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Operation Mongoose

Prelude of a Direct Invasion of Cuba

By Jacinto Valdés-Dapena, 

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Concise history of covert US program to undermine Cuban Revolution. Unleashed in April 1961 following the Bay of Pigs defeat, “Operation Mongoose” sought to prepare for a direct US invasion the following year. Attorney General Robert Kennedy called Operation Mongoose a “top priority" for the United States government. Its agents...

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