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Back Channel to Cuba

The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana

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Back Channel to Cuba

Written by: Peter Kornbluh, William M. LeoGrande
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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Since 1959, conflict and aggression have dominated the story of US-Cuban relations. 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", William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh reveal a 50-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, indicating a path toward better relations in the future.

LeoGrande and Kornbluh have uncovered hundreds of formerly secret US documents and conducted interviews with dozens of negotiators, intermediaries, and policy makers. The authors describe how, despite the political clamor surrounding any hint of better relations with Havana, serious negotiations have been conducted by every presidential administration since Eisenhower's through secret, back-channel diplomacy.

©2014 The University of North Carolina Press (P)2015 Tantor
Americas International Relations Political Science United States Caribbean Cuba Vietnam War American Foreign Policy
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"Told in clear prose, this richly detailed book underscores how diplomacy makes headlines, but many exchanges happen far from official negotiation tables." ( Publishers Weekly)

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