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Back channel to Cuba : the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana

Title
Back channel to Cuba : the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh.
Author
LeoGrande, William M.
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors
Kornbluh, Peter.
Description
xiv, 524 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"Challenging the conventional wisdom of perpetual hostility between the United States and Cuba--beyond invasions, covert operations, assassination plots using poison pens and exploding seashells, and a grinding economic embargo--this fascinating book chronicles a surprising, untold history of bilateral efforts toward rapprochement and reconciliation. Since 1959, conflict and aggression have dominated the story of U.S.-Cuban relations. Now, LeoGrande and Kornbluh present a new and increasingly more relevant account. From Kennedy's offering of an olive branch to Castro after the missile crisis, to Kissinger's top secret quest for normalization, to Obama's promise of a 'new approach, ' LeoGrande and Kornbluh reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, indicating a path toward better relations in the future"--Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-500) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Rebuilding bridges -- Eisenhower : patience and forbearance -- Kennedy : the secret search for accommodation -- Johnson : Castro reaches out -- Nixon and Ford : Kissinger's Caribbean d'tente -- Carter : close, but no cigar -- Reagan and Bush : diplomatic necessity -- Clinton : from calibrated response to parallel positive steps -- George W. Bush : turning back the clock -- Obama : a new beginning? -- Intimate adversaries, possible friends.
Call Number
ICM (Cuba) 14-8195
ISBN
  • 9781469617633
  • 1469617633
LCCN
2014013123
OCLC
875742399
Author
LeoGrande, William M.
Title
Back channel to Cuba : the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-500) and index.
Added Author
Kornbluh, Peter.
Research Call Number
ICM (Cuba) 14-8195
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