The Perfect FailureKennedy, Eisenhower, and the CIA at the Bay of Pigs

Towards the end of our 11th grade year, every student was required to come up with a topic around which their History Internal Assessment would be based. For my part, due to the fact that I am relatively unknowledgeable on many aspects that have to do with Cuba, I chose to write my assessment on the Bay of Pigs. For this reason, I read the book “The Perfect Failure: Kennedy, Eisenhower, and the CIA at the Bay of Pigs” by Trumbull Higgins. Though considerably critical, I found this book particularly good in describing the situation leading up to the Bay of Pigs, and the pits and falls that US policy fell through, causing this Cuban bloodbath.
Starting from the very first chapter of the book, “Guatemala’s ‘Fortunes’ and ‘Success’”, Higgins gives a slight background of the history of Cuba, ranging from 1901 when Cuba was first liberated from Spain, up to a few years prior to the Bay of Pigs, in which the foundation for the confli...