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Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
Subjects
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 -- Assassination attempts.
Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Attempted assassination -- Cuba.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
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Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 -- Assassination attempts.
Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Attempted assassination -- Cuba.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
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634 ways to kill Fidel / Fabián Escalante.
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Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
Seven Stories Press, 2022.
Call #:
327
.730729
E746s
Subjects
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 -- Assassination attempts.
Escalante Font, Fabián, 1940-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Attempted assassination -- Cuba.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781644210987 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Six hundred thirty-four ways to kill Fidel
Edition:
2nd ed.
Description:
262 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Published in Spanish by Ocean Sur/Seven Stories as 634 maneras de matar a Fidel"--Copyright page.
"This is a new, updated edition of a previously published book Executive Action: 634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro (Ocean Press, 2006) that documented the plans to assassinate Fidel Castro through 1993. This new edition now covers some of the main homicidal plots to kill the Cuban leader through 2000"--Preface.
Translated from the Spanish.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Fabián Escalante, the founder of the Cuban intelligence services, and head of the Cuban State Security Department, provides a clear-eyed first-person account of his experiences defending Fidel Castro from the extraordinary attempts to take his life. From lethal poisons to plastic explosives to bazookas, Escalante introduces and describes an array of assassination plots and historical figures and depicts the ensuing cat-and-mouse game in the midst of the Cold War. Written in the style of a political thriller yet based on real events, '634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro' is a well-researched and documented series of vignettes put together by multiple investigations in Cuba and the experiences of the author, who participated in several of them; dozens of interviews with participants; extensive documentary evidence; and the collaboration of officials, and undercover agents who dismantled these plots. Filled with harrowing stories of deceitful FBI tactics such as moles who infiltrated the revolutionary Cuban government and gained a reputation with them with the ultimate goal of bombing their military bases. As well as undercover attempts to give Fidel poison laced cigars, Escalante takes the reader from DC to New York, Miami to Havana and uncovers the intricate conspiracy to silence dissent and kill Fidel Castro. 634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro is filled to the brim with historical details on the CIA, Cuba, the communist movement, US government officials, and Fidel himself. Escalante's first-hand account provides evidence of the lengths to which the CIA went through to assassinate Fidel Castro and the determined efforts to protect him and what he stood for."--From publisher.
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