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Covert City
The Cold War and the Making of Miami
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By Eric Driggs
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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.
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“[Houghton and Driggs] relate this intriguing story in the dramatic, provocative cadences of reality television, which will entertain fans of spy novels and histories.”Booklist
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“Lucid and entertaining, this adventuresome account covers well-trod ground with panache.”Publishers Weekly
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“With Covert City, Miami finally gets its due as a central artery of intrigue and skullduggery in American geopolitics. The fact that most of the events in this startling narrative unfolded outside the purview of mass media or beyond the knowledge of the general public is a testament to the murky residue of the Cuban Revolution. Houghton and Driggs, echoing William Faulkner’s dictum that ‘the past is never dead, it’s not even past,’ shed new light on this history and trace the enduring legacies with insight and verve.”T.J. English, New York Times–bestselling author of Havana Nocturne and The Corporation
- On Sale
- Apr 23, 2024
- Page Count
- 256 pages
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- ISBN-13
- 9781541774575
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