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

Title
Back channel to Cuba [electronic resource] : 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
1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) : illustrations.
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.
Uniform Title
Back channel to Cuba (Online)
Alternative Title
Back channel to Cuba (Online)
Subject
  • Negotiation > United States > History
  • Negotiation > Cuba > History
  • Reconciliation > History
  • United States > Foreign relations > Cuba
  • Cuba > Foreign relations > United States
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references(pages 485-500) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2014013123
OCLC
ssj0001290327
Author
LeoGrande, William M.
Title
Back channel to Cuba [electronic resource] : the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references(pages 485-500) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Kornbluh, Peter.
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