Bay of Pigs: the Leaders' Story of Brigade 2506 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964.
Price: $60.00 save 20% $48.00
Bay of Pigs: the Leaders' Story of Brigade 2506 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A Fine first Edition/First Printing in a Near Fine price-clipped dust-jacket.
The Bay of Pigs: the Leaders' Story of Brigade 2506 is the story of the Brigade 2506, an American exile brigade that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro's government in 1961. The book is written by Johnson, Haynes, with Manuel Airtime, Jose Perez San Roman, Erneido Oliva, and Enrique Ruiz-Williams, and tells the story of the brigade from its formation to its disastrous invasion of Cuba. The brigade was ill-prepared for the invasion, and was quickly defeated by the Cuban military. The book provides a detailed account of the brigade's leaders and their decision-making in the lead-up to the invasion, as well as their subsequent battle against the Cuban military.; 8vo; 368 pages.
