Sad and luminous days : Cuba's struggle with the superpowers after the Missile Crisis / James G. Blight and Philip Brenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blight, James G.

Contributor:

Brenner, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Cuba--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Cuba.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Cuba.

Soviet Union.

Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.

Cuba--History--1959-.

History.

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 324 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Sad & luminous days

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, this book presents and interprets a heretofore unavailable (and largely unknown) secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968. Blight and Brenner shed new light on Cuban-Soviet relations making Sad and Luminous Days essential not only for Cold-War scholars and historians, but also for anyone intrigued by the drama of the thirteen momentous days in October 1962.

Contents:

Prologue: The Discovery and Meaning of Fidel Castro's Secret Speech xv

1 The October Crisis 1

2 Fidel Castro's Secret Speech 33

3 October/November 1962: The Shadow of the Missile Crisis Descends on Havana and Moscow 73

4 June 1967-August 1968: From the Shadow of the Missile Crisis to the Shadow of the Future 121

Epilogue: Cuba's Struggle with the United States after the Missile Crisis: The Case for Realistic Empathy 147

Appendix A Chronology of Events: 1963-1968 193

Appendix B Text of Letter Dated 15 November from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba to Acting Secretary General U Thant 209

Appendix C Speech Given by Major Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Analyzing the Events in Czechoslovakia, Friday, August 23, 1968

Year of the Heroic Guerrilla 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-314) index.

ISBN:

0742522881

OCLC:

49951951