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03156aam a22003978i 4500 001 1517B03CE5B611EE96AABEA640ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240319010056 008 231114s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023028506 020 $a 1541774574 020 $a 9781541774575 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a F319.M6 $b H675 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20240110 100 1 $a Houghton, Vince, $e author. $9 209613 245 10 $a COVERT CITY : $b THE COLD WAR AND THE MAKING OF MIAMI / $c Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2404 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/04/23 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue / by Vince Houghton -- In the Apostle's footsteps -- "You can't Manana this thing" -- Does the C in CIA stand for Cono? -- The ocho -- Raiders of the Lost Archipelago -- A rogue's gallery -- Exporting counterrevolution -- Open the gates -- Up up down down left right left right B A start -- Critical mas -- Double trouble -- All politics is international -- Schrodinger's Castro -- A wretched hive of scum and villainy -- Epilogue / by Eric Driggs. 520 $a "Secret operations, corruption, crime, and a city teeming with spies: why Miami was as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington DC or Moscow. The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the most dramatic and dangerous period of the Cold War. What's less well known is that the city of Miami, mere miles away, was a pivotal, though less well known, part of Cold War history. With its population of Communist exiles from Cuba, its strategic value for military operations, and its lax business laws, Miami was an ideal environment for espionage. Covert City tells the history of how the entire city of Miami was constructed in the image of the US-Cuba rivalry. From the Bay of Pigs invasion to the death of Fidel Castro, the book shows how Miami is a hub for money and cocaine but also secrets and ideologies. Cuban exiles built criminal and political organizations in the city, leading Washington to set up a CIA station there, codenamed JMWAVE. It monitored gang activities, plotted secret operations against Castro, and became a base for surveilling Latin American neighbors. The money and infrastructure built for the CIA was integral to the development of Miami. Covert City is a sweeping and entertaining history, full of stunning experimental operations and colorful characters--a story of a place like no other"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Miami (Fla.) $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Cubans $z Miami $z Miami $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Espionage $z Miami $z Miami $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Cuba. $9 89509 651 0 $a Cuba $x Foreign relations $z United States. $9 89510 650 0 $a Cold War. $9 78199 700 1 $a Driggs, Eric, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20240604012537.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240319011056.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1517B03CE5B611EE96AABEA640ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search