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Index
Cover
Description
Author Bio
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: “The Bay of Pigs Thing”
Prologue: “Balls Were in the Air” Saturday, April 15, 1961
Part I: Honeymoon April 15–October 26, 1959
Chapter 1: “Viva Castro!” April 1959
Chapter 2: “Point of No Return” Summer–Autumn
Part II: A Program of Covert Action November 3, 1959–January 19, 1961
Chapter 3: “It’s a Secret” November 1959–March 1960
Chapter 4: “Program of Covert Action” December 1959–March 1960
Chapter 5: “A Question of Propriety” 1954, 1960
Chapter 6: “The End Justified the Means” May–August 1960
Chapter 7: “Shock Action” Autumn 1960
Chapter 8: “No Easy Matters” November 9, 1960–January 19, 1961
Part III: Golden Interlude January 20–April 14, 1961
Chapter 9: “A Grenade” Winter 1961
Chapter 10: “A Stone Falling in Water” February 8–March 15, 1961
Chapter 11: “Too Spectacular” March 1961
Chapter 12: “Albatross” Late March–Early April 1961
Chapter 13: “Infinite Trouble” April 5–April 11, 1961
Chapter 14: “A Fanatical Urge to Begin” April 12–April 14, 1961
Part IV: D-Day April 15–April 19, 1961
Chapter 15: “This Is the Aggression” Saturday, April 15: D–2
Chapter 16: “The Air Will Be Yours” Sunday, April 16: D–1
Chapter 17: “There Goes the War” Monday, April 17: D-Day
Chapter 18: “Sour Like You Wouldn’t Believe” Tuesday, April 18: D+1
Chapter 19: “The Loneliest Man” Wednesday, April 19: D+2
Part V: Aftermath April 20–December 31, 1962
Chapter 20: “The Way Things Are Going” April 20, 1961
Chapter 21: “Defeat Is an Orphan” April 21, 1961
Chapter 22: “No One Knows How Tough” Spring 1961
Chapter 23: “Success Is What Succeeds” Late Spring 1961
Chapter 24: “It Will Be a Cold Winter” Summer 1961–Winter 1962
Chapter 25: “A Man Who Knows” Spring–Autumn 1962
Chapter 26: “Abyss of Destruction” October 14–November 24, 1962
Chapter 27: “There Are No Obstacles” Christmas 1962
Epilogue: “It Could Have Been Worse”
Photographs
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Footnotes
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