Fiasco in the Bay of Pigs

Half a century ago John F. Kennedy’s brief presidential administration began. Afterward it acquired a rosy hue and was dubbed “Camelot,” named for a popular Broadway musical. As celebrated as Kennedy’s term became in retrospect, his national-security team stumbled badly in April 1961, less than three months after he took office.

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