Reddit reviews Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs
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Agreed. Growing up in Miami, I read and heard several first-hand accounts of the invasion. Gray Lynch's book on the topic is probably the most telling. He was the CIA operator in charge of the mission (not Cuban). He documents a lot of small details that led to the failure of the mission, a lot of which can be backed up by the men who survived.
The original bay of pigs invasion was set up by the republican president before Kennedy (eisenhower). Kennedy came in and changed the plan so it looked more like a defection of cuban pilots and removing American "Air Support" for the invasion making it a failure - Many folks like my grandfather spent 2 years imprisoned as a result of the failed operation. This failed operation led to the cuban missile crisis as well so it was their first dance with american politics and it didn't go well. They've held that grudge for years - but we don't have to.
Alot of older cubans are starting to realize the republicans and corporations are killing this country at least. Too bad it took 50 years and GWbush getting elected by florida.
Really short book about the bay of pigs - http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Disaster-Betrayal-Bay-Pigs/dp/1574882376