America and the Bay of Term Paper

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One of the best points is brought forth by Higgins, who writes that an estimated force of 1500 men were sent to take on no less than 25,000 Cubans (Higgins 1987). "In the end, of approximately 1300 men who actually landed on the beaches from the Brigade, almost 1200 were captured and about 100 killed in combat (Higgins 149). The Brigade, if they failed, were expected to escape into the protected areas that connected to the Bay of Pigs; when in fact those areas, the conditions of the terrain, the poor training and preparation of the Brigade, made such escape impossible (Higgins 149).

Years later, declassified papers and tapes from the White House would lend insight into the fiasco, but not clarity.
One thing that was evidenced from the White House tapes is that the Bay of Pigs continued to be a source of humiliation and annoyance to President Kennedy (Lawrence 2002). Enough so that the incident greatly impacted the President's decisions about Laos and Vietnam (Chomsky 1993).

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