This is the book that provides new insight into the United States' covert war against Cuba that lasted from 1959 until 1965. This secret war was one of the most wide-ranging, sustained, expensive, and ultimately futile covert action campaigns in history. Was this secret war wise, and did it ultimately promote U.S. interests? In this book, the author says "no". Military heavy-handedness severely damaged the U.S. image in Latin America and much of the Third World. Instead of ridding the hemisphere of a dictator, they simply increased his international political fame. It presents a true espionage story, more amazing than fiction - complete with the bizarre attempts by the Americans to assassinate Castro. It comes in a new paperback: Hardback (ISBN 1-57488-675-4) was published in November 2004.