The CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation is filled with dramatic and harrowing details that not only lay bare… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World.… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
“The actions of both sides made it easier for that American wrath to be warranted as retribution of the aggrieved. The early… — Keith Bolender Copy Share Image
I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service background, but he comes into the presidency, and he's… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“For the most part, four-car self-propelled Budd railcars presently connect Santiago de Cuba with Havana on the Central line. The flagship of… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels… — Glen Carter Copy Share Image
The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“As a turning point, the Bay of Pigs deserves comparison with 9/11 - a moment that created an opening to pose first-order… — Andrew J. Bacevich Copy Share Image
“His book For Whom the Bell Tolls was an instant success in the summer of 1940, and afforded him the means to… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
President [John F.] Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs, said to Turner Catledge of The New York Times: I wish you had… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the… — E. Howard Hunt Copy Share Image