James Crosby person
also: Cross
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James Crosby wrote_to
Tracy Barnes documented
“The general retired to write a book that advanced forces to meet the full spectrum of contingencies, including brush fire wars, as he called them. No doubt Tracy Barnes agonized over the Bay of Pigs, paid little attention when a letter cros…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Chap 24 (25) @ 37:58
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▶ 37:58
The general retired to write a book that advanced forces to meet the full spectrum of contingencies, including brush fire wars, as he called them. No doubt Tracy Barnes agonized over the Bay of Pigs, paid little attention when a letter cros…
▶ 38:29
The letter commented on what Barnes had said about another CIA initiative, a study group on the deterrence of guerrilla warfare. Cross believed that officials already understood this problem. They had to be told how to make the most of asse…
▶ 55:41
The company exited the paint business for the more lucrative business of legalized gambling on Paradise Island, which became a magnet and almost like a Cuban alternative for the mafia. It is also where Richard Nixon's financial advisor, B.B…