Each year the disastrous landings of the Cuban Brigade at the Bay of Pigs receive at least some retroactive mention, and in most cases the dialog is the same – including references to the failure of President Kennedy to support the effort. In some venues the terms “betrayal” and “treason” even appear. Unfortunately that conversation reflects nothing of what has actually been learned over the decades as to the full history of the Cuba Project, and JFK’s true actions during the early months of 1962, as well as during the days of the landings in Cuba.
In my book In Denial I give as true a historical picture of those events as possible – one that is dramatically different than those standard anniversary articles, or what is in most history books in regard to the event.
This year Chuck Ochelli and I discussed what we have learned over the decades, what is actually documented, and the misleading story which was circulated following the landings – by CIA officers directly involved in leading the Cuba Project and sending the Brigade onto the beaches.
That interview covers only some of the details which In Denial explores, but it is at least a start and you can find it here:
Larry Hancock 