The Men from Miami : American Rebels on Both Sides of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution Hardback
by Christopher Othen
Hardback
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An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution - then switched sides to try to bring him downBack in 1957, Castro was a hero to many in the USA for taking up arms against Cuba's dictatorial regime.
Two dozen American adventurers joined his rebel band in the mountains, including fervent idealists, a trio of teens from the Guantanamo Bay naval base, a sleazy ex-con who liked underage girls, and at least two future murderers.
Castro's eventual victory delighted the world - but then he ran up the red flag and some started wondering if they'd supported the wrong side. A gang of disillusioned American volunteers - including future Watergate burglar Frank Fiorini and journalist Alex Rorke, whose 1963 disappearance remains unsolved - changed allegiances and joined the Cuban exiles, CIA agents and soldiers of fortune who had washed up in Miami ready to fight Castro's regime by any means necessary.
These larger-than-life characters wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and went on to be implicated in President Kennedy's assassination, a failed invasion of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's Haiti and the downfall of Richard Nixon. The Cold War had arrived in Miami, and things would never be the same again.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages, 8pp
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:12/05/2022
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- ISBN:9781785906862
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages, 8pp
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:12/05/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781785906862
