Columbus State University
The Central Intelligence Agency and Cuba: How the Trap of Success Led to the Bay of Pigs
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This research looks at how covert operations in Iran and Guatemala shaped the decision to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion, and why the United States government embarked on an operation that had little chance of success. Key areas of discussion are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its role in the removal of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq (Iran) and President Jacobo Arbenz (Guatemala), the Dulles faction, the anti-Castro program, and President Kennedy’s relationship with the CIA. Upon examining these areas, the study shows that the covert action success in Iran and Guatemala fueled American hubris and obviated the recognition of warning signs, which led to the approval of an operation doomed to fail.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Art in History
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History and Geography
- Year dc:date.available
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Orozco, Yandy
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Dan Crosswell
- Dr. Doug Tompson
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/294
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1296