The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, And America'S Doomed Invasion Of Cuba'S Bay Of PigsA REMARKABLY GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAS BAY OF PIGS CRISIS, DRAWING ON LONG HIDDEN CIA DOCUMENTS AND DELIVERING, AS NEVER BEFORE, THE VIVID TRUTHAND CONSEQUENCESOF FIVE PIVOTAL DAYS IN APRIL 1961 The U. S. backed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 remains one of the most ill fated blunders in American history, with echoes of the event reverberating even today. Despite the Kennedy administrations initial public insistence that the United States had