KENNEDY & CASTRO

THE SECRET HISTORY

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

Factory Sealed

PAL REGION 2

(This DVD will only work in the USA if you have a Multi Region DVD player)

It was the Cold War, and the world was divided into warring camps and Cuba was a flashpoint that could ignite World War III. Fidel Castro was everything the United States feared, a revolutionary leader just 90 miles from the coast of Florida. He was the Soviet bloc's toehold in the Western Hemisphere and the American government were intent on overthrowing the Cuban regime. In fact they even plotted to assassinate Castro. President John F. Kennedy was obsessed with Cuba. His administration suffered its most humiliating defeat in 1961 when CIA backed Cuban exiles invaded the island in a vain attempt to topple Castro's government. Later, Kennedy approved operation mongoose, a huge secret program to destabilise Cuba through propaganda and sabotage. However, even as Kennedy was trying to destroy Castro;