Overview of the Trumbull Higgins papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Trumbull Higgins papers

Date (inclusive): 1943-1990

Collection Number: 96036

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 1 phonograph disc (4.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Writings, correspondence, and photographs, relating to twentieth-century military history, and especially to aspects of World War II, the Indochinese War, and the Cuban missile crisis. Includes drafts of a book-length study entitled "Pluto and Vulture: A Comparison between John F. Kennedy at the Bay of Pigs and Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dienbienphu," and drafts of the books Soft Underbelly: The Anglo-American Controversy over the Italian Campaign, 1939-1945 (New York, 1968) and The Perfect Failure: Kennedy, Eisenhower and the CIA at the Bay of Pigs (New York, 1987).

Creator: Higgins, Trumbull

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Trumbull Higgins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American historian.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, correspondence, and photographs, relating to twentieth-century military history, and especially to aspects of World War II, the Indochinese War, and the Cuban missile crisis. Includes drafts of a book-length study entitled "Pluto and Vulture: A Comparison between John F. Kennedy at the Bay of Pigs and Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dienbienphu," and drafts of the books Soft Underbelly: The Anglo-American Controversy over the Italian Campaign, 1939-1945 (New York, 1968) and The Perfect Failure: Kennedy, Eisenhower and the CIA at the Bay of Pigs (New York, 1987).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy

World War, 1939-1945

United States -- Armed Forces

Indochinese War, 1946-1954

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Military history