How CIA’s Operation Mongoose terror war led to Cuban missile crisis

Historian Aaron Good discusses Operation Mongoose, the CIA’s terror campaign against Cuba, how it led to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and the response of US President John F. Kennedy (JFK). This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 6 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: You can support American Exception at || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at Patreon: Podcast: Newsletter: