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The Mannerheim Line    by Jacques Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 75110 words. Published on October 4, 2009. .

Jimmy Carson and Joe Lyons meet during the Spanish Civil War and fly together through three wars. In 1961, Lyons is killed when he is shot down at the Bay of Pigs. Unwilling to admit an American pilot was involved the CIA devises a cover story that Carson, who was not involved in the Cuban invasion, doesn’t believe. Years later he uncovers a bizarre incident that unravels the cover story.
Onyx Ops: The Paladin Papers    by Stephen Austen
Price: $0.99 USD. 10260 words. Published on February 12, 2010. .

Masters of black ops ruthlessly navigate today’s globalization. From World War II; to the Cuban Revolution and the Kennedy assassination; through the CIA’s Operation Phoenix and the oil fields of Vietnam; it leads into today’s Afghanistan. Must-read, fast-paced fiction with high-impact insights into the geopolitics of global resources. You will think about this long after you put it down
American Decision Making During the Cuban Missile Crisis    by Kevin Mahoney
Price: $2.99 USD. 11630 words. Published by Punked Books on April 18, 2010. .

This dissertation examines the deliberations of the American government during the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. Much has been written on this subject by those involved, either within the decision making process, or on the periphery - for instance, McGeorge Bundy, Abram Chayess, Raymond Garthoff, Ray Cline, and Robert Kennedy. However, none of these totally agree on what happened.
Cuba Rising: An American Insider's Perspective    by Jonathan Showe
Price: $9.99 USD. 109340 words. Published on May 13, 2010. .

Cuba is a kaleidoscope of facets explaining her wild ride through global geopolitics and her future path. She has been a Spanish colony, a poster child of American neocolonialism and a Soviet client state. From those harsh experiences a new self-reliance is emerging. Where will it lead? Cuba Rising reveals those forces, as diverse as her rich culture, unique geography and millions of divid
Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK    by Gus Russo
Price: $9.99 USD. 281870 words. Published by Bancroft Press on August 26, 2010. .

Humiliated at the Bay of Pigs, John and Robert Kennedy sought desperately to eliminate Castro. Castro openly threatened to retaliate. Pro-Castro agitator Lee Harvey Oswald went to the Cuban embassy in Mexico, announcing he would kill America's president in exchange for sanctuary in Havana. Live By the Sword ends 35 years of public mistrust and confusion over the Kennedy assassination.
The Northwoods Conspiracy    by Ken Hudnall
Price: $3.99 USD. 134430 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on November 9, 2011. .

Fake terror is nothing new. According to recently released files, our government planned Operation Northwoods to stage phony terror attacks against American citizens in the wake of the Bay of Pigs. Author Ken Hudnall dissects historical events and makes a compelling case that the false flag nature of Operation Northwoods has been pervasive since the Middle Ages.
Tinker-Taylor's Secret Spy - A Cold War Clown at the Circus?    by Don Hale
Price: $3.00 USD. 85850 words. Published on March 6, 2012. .

Read the unique story of one man’s surprisingly pivotal role, unknowingly working with all the Soviet traitors at British Intelligence during the 1950s to claim the favourite secret spy tag of Tinker-Taylor's illustrious Circus Empire - and become the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s new James Bond character. A fascinating plot within a plot that changed British Intelligence forever!
Ho Chi Minh, Johnsy and I    by Tony Lourensen
Price: $2.99 USD. 54420 words. Published on May 28, 2012. .

Follow "Shorty" an Australian soldier, on his tour of duty in the war in Vietnam. No blood, gore or guts in this work - just a collection of simple,fascinating and quirky stories that could only come from one who was there. A soldier's experiences of the ridiculous events and situations in which he found himself. He survives to return to a hostile land and questions himself as to his involvement
Land-Based Air Power in Third World Crises: A Look at Different Types of Crises, Mayaguez Incident, Bay of Pigs, Yom Kippur War, Sub-Saharan Africa    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 77560 words. Published on June 19, 2012. .

The basic thrust of this study is to demonstrate the utility and limitations of land-based aircraft when used to attain political objectives in crises occurring in the third world. Crises, when used in the context of this study, are viewed primarily as a series of interactions between or within states for which there exists the perception of a high probability of war.
13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 10240 words. Published on December 9, 2012. .

Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy an