Join Peter Zimmerman, a former administrator and faculty member at Harvard’s Kennedy School, for this standalone class on the Bay of Pigs invasion and the factors that helped create the fiasco. In regards to the Bay of Pigs, President John F. Kennedy is quoted saying “All my life I’ve known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid to let them go ahead?” Peter will answer Kennedy’s question and explain how the decisions of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and CIA Director Dulles led to the fiasco in the Bay of Pigs.

Peter Zimmerman worked as an administrator and faculty member at Harvard’s Kennedy School for forty years. He is now retired after a brief service in government.

Presented by the Friends of Snow Library. To register or for more information, visit https://friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program/.