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Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana
Back Channel to Cuba The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana Author:Peter Kornbluh, William M. LeoGrande Since 1959, conflict and aggression have dominated the story of U.S.-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," LeoGrande and Kornbluh reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue an... more »d negotiations, both open and furtive, indicating a path toward better relations in the future.
LeoGrande and Kornbluh have uncovered hundreds of formerly secret U.S. 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.« less
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ISBN-13: 9781494508180 ISBN-10: 1494508184 Publication Date: 1/20/2015 Edition:Unabridged CD Rating: