| Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana Updated Edition Contributor(s): Leogrande, William M. (Author), Kornbluh, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469626608 ISBN-13: 9781469626604 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2016655026 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.23" W x 9.25" (1.83 lbs) 584 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of their move to restore full diplomatic relations, this powerful book is essential to understanding ongoing efforts toward normalization in a new era of engagement. Challenging the conventional wisdom of perpetual conflict and aggression between the United States and Cuba since 1959, Back Channel to Cuba chronicles a surprising, untold history of bilateral efforts toward rapprochement and reconciliation. William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh here present a remarkably new and relevant account, describing how, despite the intense political clamor surrounding efforts to improve relations with Havana, negotiations have been conducted by every presidential administration since Eisenhower's through secret, back-channel diplomacy. From John F. Kennedy's offering of an olive branch to Fidel Castro after the missile crisis, to Henry Kissinger's top secret quest for normalization, to Barack Obama's promise of a new approach, LeoGrande and Kornbluh uncovered hundreds of formerly secret U.S. documents and conducted interviews with dozens of negotiators, intermediaries, and policy makers, including Fidel Castro and Jimmy Carter. They reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, that provides the historical foundation for the dramatic breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba ties. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kornbluh, Peter: - Peter Kornbluh, director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., is the author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, among other books.Leogrande, William M.: - William M. LeoGrande, professor of government at American University, is the author of Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992, among other books. |