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Bayou of Pigs: The True Story of an Audacious Plot to Turn a Tropical Island Into a Criminal Paradise
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Stewart Bell
The story of how a criminal Shangri-La almost happened
In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from the United States and Canada set off on an unlikely mission: to invade the impoverished Caribbean island of Dominica, overthrow its government in a coup d'etat, and install a new bought-off prime minister. For two years, the gangleaders recruited manpower, wooed ...more
In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from the United States and Canada set off on an unlikely mission: to invade the impoverished Caribbean island of Dominica, overthrow its government in a coup d'etat, and install a new bought-off prime minister. For two years, the gangleaders recruited manpower, wooed ...more
Hardcover, 284 pages
Published
September 15th 2008
by John Wiley & Sons
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"Bayou of Pigs" is an account, a fine piece of investigative journalism relating how a group of white Canadian and American supremacists and mercenaries planned to overthrow the government of Dominica in a coup d'état back in the early 80's.
For two years the gang leaders recruited manpower, sought investors, stockpiled weapons, forged links with the mob and planned their preposterous mission "Operation Red Dog". Installing a puppet government at the helm, th...more
The story is a bit overhyped on the internet, cause of the supposed Ku Klux Klan involvement, but the two main perpetrators were mostly in it for the money.
The recruiter succeeded to convince some of the klansmen / rightwingers that they were going to fight communism and that the CIA was involved. The problem was that Dominica wasn`t communist, but their first plan was to invade Grenade with Domica as a starting point.
The recruiter succeeded to convince some of the klansmen / rightwingers that they were going to fight communism and that the CIA was involved. The problem was that Dominica wasn`t communist, but their first plan was to invade Grenade with Domica as a starting point.
I enjoyed the story itself but it would have been more interesting if someone had been telling the story instead of laying out facts.
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