The Castro ObsessionAt the height of the Cold War, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations made removing Fidel Castros regime one of their highest foreign policy priorities. The Castro Obsession provides new insight into the bold U. S. covert war against Cuba that lasted from 1959 until 1965. Eisenhower and Kennedys fervent desire to get rid of Castro led to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, but the efforts to oust his regime did not end there. It became an obsession.