02499cam a22003734a 4500 16998349 20170105102919.0 111013s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 2011042920 9780230621237 (hardback) 0230621236 (hardback) (OCoLC)ocn733231302 DLC eng DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BDX CDX VP@ BWX J2H OVV DLC pcc nwcu--- JL1009.5.I6 L37 2012 327.12730729109/046 23 HIS027110 POL005000 HIS041010 bisacsh Latell, Brian. Castro's secrets : the CIA and Cuba's intelligence machine / Brian Latell. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xi, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Better than us -- On Fidel's orders -- Rooftop stories -- Come to Cuba -- At daggers drawn -- Tyrannicide -- Mouth of the lion -- Whiplash -- The big job -- Great minds -- Conspiracy of silence -- Afterword. "In this riveting Cold War history, highly acclaimed author Brian Latell offers us a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Latell draws his narrative on personal interviews with high level defectors from Cuba's intelligence, many of whom have not spoken out for over nearly five decades. The result is a vivid and revelatory account that revises our understanding of how Fidel operated, what his goals were, and how he imagined the future for his tiny island nation. Latell takes us from from the crimes Fidel allegedly committed as a youth in the anti-Battista movement, to how quickly he built up an intelligence system that rivaled the Soviet Union's KGB and Britain's M15 in effectiveness, and how that translated into a feud with JFK's administration and the CIA, and the ultimate confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crises that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust"-- Castro, Fidel, 1926- United States. Central Intelligence Agency Cuba. Intelligence service Cuba History 20th century. Cover image http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/237/9780230621237/image/lgcover.9780230621237.jpg 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 15484 15484 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-10-02 0 327.12730729109046 LAT 2012 CIPS0002128 2013-12-03 2013-12-03 BK