Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs: Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas by Fidel Castro (Author), José Ramón Fernández (Author)

ISBN: 9780873489256

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pathfinder,  January 1, 2001

Paperback, 301 pages

In fewer than 72 hours of combat in April 1961, Cuba’s revolutionary armed forces defeated a US-organized invasion by 1,500 mercenaries. In the process, the Cuban people set an example for workers, farmers, and youth the world over that with political consciousness, class solidarity, courage, and revolutionary leadership, one can stand up to enormous might and seemingly insurmountable odds—and win.