The Men from Miami by Christopher Othen
An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution - then switched sides to try to bring him down Back in 1957, Castro was a hero to many in the USA for taking up arms against Cuba's dictatorial regime. Two dozen American adventurers joined his rebel band in the mountains, including fervent idealists, a trio of teens from the Guantanamo Bay naval base, a sleazy ex-con who liked underage girls, and at least two future murderers. Castro's eventual victory delighted the world - but then he ran up the red flag and some started wondering if they'd supported the wrong side. A gang of disillusioned American volunteers - including future Watergate burglar Frank Fiorini and journalist Alex Rorke, whose 1963 disappearance remains unsolved - changed allegiances and joined the Cuban exiles, CIA agents and soldiers of fortune who had washed up in Miami ready to fight Castro's regime by any means necessary. These larger-than-life characters wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and went on to be implicated in President Kennedy's assassination, a failed invasion of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's Haiti and the downfall of Richard Nixon. The Cold War had arrived in Miami, and things would never be the same again.
Christopher Othen is an English writer currently based in Eastern Europe. His day jobs have included journalist, legal representative for asylum seekers and English language teacher. In off-the-clock adventures he has interviewed retired mercenaries about war crimes, discussed lost causes with political extremists and got drunk with an ex-mujahid who knew Osama bin Laden. He is the author of five other books, including The King of Nazi Paris: Henri Lafont and the Gangsters of the French Gestapo and Franco's International Brigades: Adventurers, Fascists, and Christian Crusaders in the Spanish Civil War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785906862 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785906860 |
| Title | The Men from Miami |
| Author | Christopher Othen |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
| Year published | 2022-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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