. >> jim rasenberger, where was a former president battista at this time? where did he live out his life? >> the dominican republic and live out his life. he was far gone. he took off on new year's eve of 1959. >> did he take the treasury? >> not clear exactly. he took quite a bit with him. still dressed in black tie from new year's eve event. it got planes for his family and got out quickly. the first confirmed cia intelligence was a guy named david phillips. the cia, who was in havana at the time and was lining his backyard after midnight on a lawn chair looking up and saw planes taking off. he thought, well, that must be pretty steadily because boys don't take off from havana airport in the middle of the night, and it did not then. so he was gone after that. >> was there a chance of him ever coming back as president? which nobody wanted battista back. nobody in cuba wanted him back. the americans didn't. that was one thing everyone could agree on. a bad guy and better gone. >> red house west virginia. you are on book tv with jim rasenberger and the topic

. >> jim rasenberger, where was a former president battista at this time? where did he live out his life? >> the dominican republic and live out his life. he was far gone. he took off on new year's eve of 1959. >> did he take the treasury? >> not clear exactly. he took quite a bit with him. still dressed in black tie from new year's eve event. it got planes for his family and got out quickly. the first confirmed cia intelligence was a guy named david phillips. the cia, who was in havana at the time and was lining his backyard after midnight on a lawn chair looking up and saw planes taking off. he thought, well, that must be pretty steadily because boys don't take off from havana airport in the middle of the night, and it did not then. so he was gone after that. >> was there a chance of him ever coming back as president? which nobody wanted battista back. nobody in cuba wanted him back. the americans didn't. that was one thing everyone could agree on. a bad guy and better gone. >> red house west virginia. you are on book tv with jim rasenberger and the topic