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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
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.
[Identification of item], Trumbull Higgins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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