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Kennedy inadvertently gets his head in the way of the assassins crosshairs during an attempt on batista, thus foiling a better moment to get rid of the tyrant and might not have saddled cuba with yet another one. Alex abella speaks about his book soldiers of reason. The manhattan project proved to the military during world war ii the efficacy of assistance from independent civilian scientists. Energized by the ardor of his revolutionary lover, an exmarine joins the cause of those seeking to free cuba from batistas tyranny.
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