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A 5 page analysis of the Peter Wyden's fascinating book. This is a well-researched, scholarly, historical account, of the disastrous invasion of Cuba in the Kennedy administration, which reads as if it were a novel. Full of dialogue and description, Wyden gives the reader an insider's view of how the plans for the Bay of Pigs Invasion were carried out within the U.S. government; and, in the process, he also gives the reader a clear understanding as to how so many extremely intelligent leaders, America's best and brightest, could think that the CIA plan could work. What he succeeds in showing his readership is that even the best and most well intentioned leaders are not supermen, they are human, and as such, they are capable of error. The Bay of Pigs was-quite simply-a mistake-one of the most dramatic in U.S. history. No additional sources cited.
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for the Bay of Pigs Invasion were carried out within the U.S. government; and, in the process, he also gives the reader a clear understanding as to how so many
extremely intelligent leaders, Americas best and brightest, could think that the CIA plan could work. What he succeeds in showing his readership is that even the best and most well
intentioned leaders are not supermen, they are human, and as such, they are capable of error. The Bay of Pigs was-quite simply-a mistake-one of the most dramatic in U.S. history.
Wydens methodology Wydens research and methodology are impeccable and just short of amazing. He relied primarily on first-hand accounts and interviewed practically everyone still living who was connected with the
invasion. His bibliography notes read like a whos-who in government in the 1960s. He interviewed Richard Drain, the CIA director of operations for the Bay of Pigs project; Richard
M. Bissell, Jr., the CIA deputy director for plans (CIA euphemism for chief of all covert operations); Theodore C. Sorensen; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,-these are just a few of an
extensive and impressive list. In notes where Wyden thanks those who helped with researching his book, it is clear that the authors contacts are considerable and varied. He thanks
Admiral Arleigh Burke for lending his personal prestige to open doors for him in the Navy. He also thanks General Reid Doster for encouraging members of the Alabama air contingent
to consent to interviews. Wyden doubts that without Richard Bissells confidence in the project, he could have gotten so many ex-CIA men to consent to an interview (1979, p. 329).
The list goes on and on. Numerous members of the exiled Cuban community translated for Wyden and helped him locate key eyewitnesses. Bienvenido Asbierno of the Cuban Foreign Ministry found
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