Bay Of Pigs: Foreign Policy Failure

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The Bay of Pigs is known as one huge foreign policy failure. Theodore Draper calls the event “one of those rare politico military events: a perfect failure (Dunne).” Every nation has had an event that diminishes their international presence in the world and makes that nation an embarrassment. For the United States it is the Bay of Pigs. In this memo, I will discuss the planning stages for the attack and then discuss the reasons why the Bay of Pigs was a failure. Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959. When Castro took power, the United States became concerned. There were worries that the new Cuban leadership would become communist. This was a problem for the United States because Cuba is only 90 miles away from American soil. The United States realized that if Cuba was Communist and that it had the cooperation of Russia than they need to be taken care of. The original plan had a 1,400 man invasion force that would have a surprise attack on Cuban soil (JFK Library). It…show more content…
Kennedy did not want much involvement because if the invasion fails than the Cuban exiles could be blamed for stand the U.S. could state that they had know knowledge about the attack (Dunne). That was one of the problems that happened during the invasion. It also did not help that the plans were constantly changed. The plans were constantly changed because there was a lot of input into forming the plan. At certain points during the discussion the Department of State, Department of Defense, and C.I.A. all had different view points on how to best stabilize Cuba. Kennedy ultimately decided to go with the C.I.A.’s plan. The C.I.A. and the military assured President Kennedy that Cuban exiles would be prepped and be able to succeed without U.S. force involvement. The Joint Chiefs also agreed that the invading brigade “will have a good chance of sustaining itself indefinitely (Dalleck
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