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" Bayou of Pigs : "
Stewart Bell.
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BL
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962204
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b716574
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Bell, Stewart,1965-
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Bayou of Pigs : : the true story of an audacious plot to turn a tropical island into a criminal paradise /\ Stewart Bell.
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Mississauga, Ont. :: J. Wiley & Sons Canada,, ©2008.
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xiv, 284 pages :: illustrations, map, portraits ;; 23 cm
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0470153822
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: 9780470153826
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
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| Contents
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St. George's, Grenada -- Houston, Texas -- Toronto, Canada -- Roseau, Dominica -- Houston, Texas -- Toronto, Canada -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Las Vegas, Nevada -- Roseau, Dominica -- St. John's, Antigua -- Houston, Texas -- Merrillville, Indiana -- Houston, Texas -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Roseau, Dominica -- Toronto, Canada -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Toronto, Canada -- Houston, Texas -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Roseau, Dominica -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Roseau, Dominica -- Toronto, Canada -- St. George's, Grenada.
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"This is a true story about an idyllic tropical island and the mercenaries who set out to steal if for profit and adventure." "In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from the United States and Canada set off on a preposterous mission: invade an impoverished Caribbean country overthrow its government in a coup d'etat, install a puppet prime minister, and transform it into a crooks' paradise. Their leader was a Texas soldier-of-fortune type named Mike Perdue. His lieutenant was a Canadian Nazi named Wolfgang Droege. Their destination: Dominica." "For two years they recruited fighting men, wooed investors, stockpiled weapons and forged links with the mob, leftist revolutionaries and militant Rastafarians. They called their invasion Operation Red Dog. They were going to make millions. People were going to die. An entire nation was going to suffer. All that stood in their way were two federal agents from New Orleans on the biggest case of their lives." "Set in the Caribbean, Canada and the American South at the beginning of the end of the Cold War, and based on hundreds of pages of declassified US government documents, as well as exclusive interviews with those involved, Bayou of Pigs tells a remarkable tale of foreign military intervention, revolutionary politics, greed, treachery, stupidity, deceit and one of the most outlandish criminal stunts ever conceived: the theft of a nation."--Jacket.
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Political crimes and offenses-- Dominica.
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Soldiers of fortune, Biography.
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Sovereignty, Violation of-- Dominica.
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Atteinte à la souveraineté-- Dominique.
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Crimes et délits politiques-- Dominique.
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Soldats de fortune, Biographies.
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Political crimes and offenses-- Dominica.
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Political crimes and offenses.
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Soldiers of fortune, Biography.
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Soldiers of fortune.
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Sovereignty, Violation of-- Dominica.
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Sovereignty, Violation of.
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Dominica.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1/3209729841
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HV6295.D6B45 2008
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