CW 317 — The John Wayne Complex

from A COLD WAR · host Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris

The CIA's original plan for Cuba was a slow, subtle guerrilla operation.... then someone started adding things. A combined air and sea assault. A march on Havana. Possibly US troops. By October 1960, what began as a quiet covert infiltration had turned into D-Day Jr., and nobody seemed to notice the plan had completely gotten away from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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