Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents)

It definitely is a book that is a period government related so at first it was hard to read kind of lost my attention but as you get through the book you realize what exactly was going on and how crazy it all sounds I got two different types of books on the subject and I'll tell you this one will give you a real reality check the government isn't always what they say it is fact great but you'll love it

If you want to understand the Bay of Pigs (actually, The Cuban Operation), this is the book. It is well organized and effectively indexed.

the book Bay of Pigs Declassifieied is very good it don't have quit all the facts in that it don't say one word about the small unit of guerrillas that I was in charge of we worked behind the lines to clear and hold a landing spot for troops that never came. the hole unite was captured and all but my self was killed including my interpter a young Cuban girl code name Louise she died so bravely she saved many lives by not telling where some of them were. I have tried to find some of her family and friends. but being short on money and not realy knowing where to look makes it all most imposable. she also saved my life and I would like to see her name in some of the books about the BAY OF PIGS INVASION

Great source of info about the BOP.

Must buy for official documents on bay of pigs

Great book!

In Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report of the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents) is edited by Peter Kornbluh who has assembled from released documents a detailed picture of the thinking of the period following Fidel Castro's conquest of Cuba and his unexpected turn to a Marxist/Leninist government. America was still smarting from the McCarthy era and communists of any sort were feared and loathed. It was intolerable that a communist government could be installed a mere 90 miles from the United States of America but here it was. The leaders of the Central Intelligence Agency were convinced there was a way to remove Castro without the U.S. appearing to be involved. Here are official documents detailing what was planned and why and the thinking behind the cruel method of cutting the nation's losses when it all went so disastrously wrong. President Kennedy was in many ways brilliant but about being talked into approving the CIA invasions plan he said, "How can I have been so stupid....?" Those who love American History will want to have this book on their shelves.

Packed with facts.

Excellent reading

Das Buch behandelt hauptsächlich die ganze Breite der Planungen, der Einschätzungen und der Vorbereitung der eigentlichen Landung in der Schweinebucht. Anhand der freigegeben CIA-Akten wird hier nun ein sehr beeindruckendes Bild der planerischen Unfähigkeit des Geheimdienstes gezeigt, die Situation in Kuba zu bewerten, die Fähigkeiten der Exilkubaner einzuschätzen oder eine amphibische Operation mit unterstützender Luftlandung zu kooridieren. Das Buch bezieht sich dabei auf die Untersuchungsakten von 1962, in denen die Aktion untersucht wurde.Wenn auch diese Akten sehr beeindruckend sind, so muss man doch sagen, dass das Buch irgendwie unvollständig ist. Die militärische Operation an sich wird nur anhand einer zeitlichen Abfolge beschrieben. Wer näheres über die militärische Komponente wissen will muss z.B. Peter Wydens "Bay of Pigs" oder Haynes Johnson "The Bay of Pigs" lesen.