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Article: Lest we forget the Bay of Pigs; the unlearned lessons.
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- The Nation
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- April 19, 1986
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LEST WE FORGET THE BAY OF PIGS
WALTER LAFEBER
President Kennedy's attempt to destroy Fidel Castro's regime at the Bay of Pigs has rightly been called the perfect failure. But the debacle of April 17, 1961, went far beyond Cuba. It helped lure the United States down a violent dead-end street in pursuit of revolutionaries throughout Latin America. It resulted in the first Soviet presence in the hemisphere. It rapidly accelerated Washington's disastrous policies in Vietnam. It caused nations throughout the world to question U.S. judgment and dependability. Twenty-five years later Washington officials still do not understand the reasons for this ...