Jack, Judy, Sam, Bobby, Johnny, Frank...: An investigation into the alternate history of the CIA-Mafia collaboration to assassinate Fidel Castro, 1960-1997

The CIA-Mafia plots to assassinate Fidel Castro in the early 1960s serve, by themselves, as comically horrifying tales, some of the many littered throughout American Cold War history. Yet these events have lived an extraordinary life outside of the textbooks and classrooms; the danger and intrigue o...

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Published inIntelligence and national security Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 104 - 130
Main Author Wolske, J. Alan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 2000
F. Cass
Subjects
Assassination
CIA
Cold War
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Foreign Policy
Government Agencies
Intelligence services
Organized Crime
Political History
Revisionism
U.S.A
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Summary:The CIA-Mafia plots to assassinate Fidel Castro in the early 1960s serve, by themselves, as comically horrifying tales, some of the many littered throughout American Cold War history. Yet these events have lived an extraordinary life outside of the textbooks and classrooms; the danger and intrigue of the organized crime underworld mixed with a national fascination with the Kennedy family have kept this story alive through all of its mutations. J. Alan Wolske analyzes the various histories of the assassination plots that have sprung from the government's own attempts to face up to its past deeds, and attempts to reconcile them with the 'official' history.
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ISSN:0268-4527
1743-9019
DOI:10.1080/02684520008432630