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Book Title: Brilliant Disaster : Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2012
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Modern / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 17.7 Oz
Author: Jim Rasenberger
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
