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Bay of Pigs invasion (1961)
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Apr 1961 — A CIA-trained exile brigade is destroyed on the beach in 72 hours. Castro turns openly to Moscow; Khrushchev concludes the young president can be pushed.
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- Cuban Missile Crisis (chapter 6 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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