Post by DrSchadenfreude on Oct 2, 2021 11:46:20 GMT -5
I've recently been discussing the history of the CIA's botched Bay of Pigs op with historian Larry Hancock-- the author and ex-Air Force officer who has written a number of well-researched, scholarly books about CIA and military ops since WWII.
In the first seven chapters of his book, In Denial, Larry uses de-classified documents to detail the untold history of Dulles and Bissell's botched CIA Bay of Pigs op-- how the CIA used untrained commercial Cuban vessels and coerced civilian crews to transport military supplies into what became a combat zone.
Larry has also outlined how Richard Bissell and the CIA manipulated the intel and the U.S. mass media to blame JFK for their bungled Bay of Pigs op-- a Big Lie that has been endlessly repeated in the U.S. media for the past 60 years.
The truth of the matter is that JFK made it clear to Dulles and Bissell up front that the U.S. would not deploy conventional U.S. forces in the CIA's Bay of Pigs op.
The CIA assured JFK that the covert Bay of Pigs op was designed to succeed without the deployment of conventional U.S. forces.
In Denial: Secret Wars with Air Strikes and Tanks?
www.amazon.com/Denial-Secret-Wars-Strikes-Tanks/dp/1734139331/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1WZ17SPF6LQT3&dchild=1&keywords=larry+hancock&qid=1633192202&s=books&sprefix=Larry+Hancock%2Caps%2C192&sr=1-8
In Denial explores the ongoing conduct of officially deniable military action across the globe during four decades of the Cold War, from Tibet and Laos to Cuba and into Africa in the Congo and Angola. Its resurgence in the 21st Century, with new justifications, new sponsors and new tactics is also detailed in this book.National leaders often turn to secret and deniable military action in order to avoid the political challenges – and consequences – of officially and openly ordering military action. These type of operations are a constant temptation for leaders as they offer intervention without the risk of combat losses or major economic impact. Experienced military personnel may be used in such actions – if they are covertly detailed to secret projects, detached from regular service or released to work as “contractors”. But in pursuit of official deniability, actual combat - with its casualties and collateral damage – must be left to indigenous volunteers or to the contract employees. But these operations come with inherent problems. In Denial explores how deniable military actions were conducted during the Cold War, the challenges of command and control in secret warfare, and the reality that deniable military action was never abandoned, even while repeatedly failing in both its political and military goals.
In the first seven chapters of his book, In Denial, Larry uses de-classified documents to detail the untold history of Dulles and Bissell's botched CIA Bay of Pigs op-- how the CIA used untrained commercial Cuban vessels and coerced civilian crews to transport military supplies into what became a combat zone.
Larry has also outlined how Richard Bissell and the CIA manipulated the intel and the U.S. mass media to blame JFK for their bungled Bay of Pigs op-- a Big Lie that has been endlessly repeated in the U.S. media for the past 60 years.
The truth of the matter is that JFK made it clear to Dulles and Bissell up front that the U.S. would not deploy conventional U.S. forces in the CIA's Bay of Pigs op.
The CIA assured JFK that the covert Bay of Pigs op was designed to succeed without the deployment of conventional U.S. forces.
In Denial: Secret Wars with Air Strikes and Tanks?
www.amazon.com/Denial-Secret-Wars-Strikes-Tanks/dp/1734139331/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1WZ17SPF6LQT3&dchild=1&keywords=larry+hancock&qid=1633192202&s=books&sprefix=Larry+Hancock%2Caps%2C192&sr=1-8
In Denial explores the ongoing conduct of officially deniable military action across the globe during four decades of the Cold War, from Tibet and Laos to Cuba and into Africa in the Congo and Angola. Its resurgence in the 21st Century, with new justifications, new sponsors and new tactics is also detailed in this book.National leaders often turn to secret and deniable military action in order to avoid the political challenges – and consequences – of officially and openly ordering military action. These type of operations are a constant temptation for leaders as they offer intervention without the risk of combat losses or major economic impact. Experienced military personnel may be used in such actions – if they are covertly detailed to secret projects, detached from regular service or released to work as “contractors”. But in pursuit of official deniability, actual combat - with its casualties and collateral damage – must be left to indigenous volunteers or to the contract employees. But these operations come with inherent problems. In Denial explores how deniable military actions were conducted during the Cold War, the challenges of command and control in secret warfare, and the reality that deniable military action was never abandoned, even while repeatedly failing in both its political and military goals.
