CIA and the Bay of Pigs Invasion : Why the Kennedy Administration didn't support Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
Abstract
The study analyzes the U.S. attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro in Cuba in April 1961.The focus is mainly on the role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in this episode and the reasons that led the White House that openly did not support invasion of Cuban exile forces in Playa Giron, causing failure of the event. This study deals first of all with the genesis of the CIA effort to overthrow the Cuban government under President Eisenhower, the birth of the idea, detail description of the concrete steps and transformation of the initial infiltration of a large military amphibious invasion.
Another part deals with the period specified presidency of John F. Kennedy and the two specific plans - Trinidad Operation and Zapata Operation - CIA representatives suggested that, as a real possibility to eliminate the threat of communism in the Western Hemisphere.
The final section is devoted to a summary of findings that were in utter failure of planners from the U.S. administration.