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At the height of the Cold War, the
Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations made removing Fidel Castros
regime one of their highest foreign policy priorities. The Castro
Obsession provides new insight into the bold U.S. covert war
against Cuba that lasted from 1959 until 1965. Eisenhower and
Kennedys fervent desire to get rid of Castro led to the failed Bay
of Pigs invasion, but the efforts to oust his regime did not end
there. It became an obsession. Primarily through the CIA and the
military, the United States resorted to economic and political
destabilization, propaganda, sabotage, hit-and-run raids, and
assassination plots to try to topple the regime. This secret war
was one of the most wide-ranging, sustained, expensive, and
ultimately futile covert action campaigns in history. Was this
secret war wise, and did it ultimately promote U.S. interests? Don
Bohning says no. Even if the details were murky, the extreme
American pressure on Cuba was apparent to all, and this
heavy-handedness severely damaged the U.S. image in Latin America
and much of the Third World. Instead of ridding the hemisphere of a
dictator, these efforts increased his international political fame
and provided him the excuse for more repres-sion in Cuba. U.S.
attempts to overthrow Castro also had dire unintended consequences,
such as contributing to the Soviet decision to install nuclear
missiles in Cuba, which produced the most dangerous crisis of the
Cold War. Bohning sheds new light on this covert war, revealing
that it was even more extensive, risky, and long-lived than
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Paperback - June 2006 |
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