Covert City : the Cold War and the making of Miami

Title Covert City : the Cold War and the making of Miami
Names Houghton, Vince.
Driggs, Eric. Author
Book Number DB120920
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Books
Annotation "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"-- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Narrator Houghton, Vince.
Local Subject Southeastern United States - 975
Florida Interest - FLA
Southern Non-Fiction - SNF
Southern Interest - SOU
Hispanic Interest - HSI
History - United States - HUS
History, U.S. - 20th Century - HUT
History - World - HWO
History - North America - HWN
War-fiction or nonfiction - WAR
War--American Military History - WAM
War--Other - WOT
Politics - POL
Spy Stories - SPY
Exclusion - Male Narrator - MN
Exclusion - Short Book - SH
LC Subject Cubans - Florida - Miami - History - 20th century
Espionage - Florida - Miami - History - 20th century
Cold War
Miami (Fla.) - History - 20th century
United States - Foreign relations - Cuba
Cuba - Foreign relations - United States
Nonfiction
Call Number 975.9381 ANF
Language English
Original Publication Reissue of: 2024 9781549136603 2024
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