The Cuba Project: Castro, Kennedy, and the FBI's Tamale Squad
Peter Pavia, . . Palgrave, $24.95 (226pp) ISBN 978-1-4039-6603-2
This shallow history of America's multifaceted anti-Castro machinations chronicles the misadventures of four interlocking groups: Cuban exiles in Miami, seething with quixotic plans to oust Castro; the FBI's "Tamale Squad," charged with keeping a lid on them and chasing Cuban agents in the U.S.; the CIA, working to organize a paramilitary overthrow of Castro; and American mobsters motivated by Castro's shuttering of their Havana casinos to help the CIA assassinate him. Journalist Pavia (coauthor of
Reviewed on: 02/13/2006
Genre: Nonfiction
Other - 978-1-250-10180-8
Paperback - 242 pages - 978-1-4039-7649-9