Back channel to Cuba : the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana / William M. LeoGrande & Peter Kornbluh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeoGrande, William M., author.

Kornbluh, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Negotiation--United States--History.

Negotiation.

Negotiation--Cuba--History.

Reconciliation--History.

Reconciliation.

United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.

United States.

Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.

Cuba.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now updated to tell the story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of their move to restore full diplomatic relations, this book is essential to understanding ongoing efforts towards normalisation.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: Rebuilding Bridges; 1. EISENHOWER: Patience and Forbearance; 2. KENNEDY: The Secret Search for Accommodation; 3. JOHNSON: Castro Reaches Out; 4. NIXON AND FORD: Kissinger's Caribbean Détente; 5. CARTER: Close, but No Cigar; 6. REAGAN AND BUSH: Diplomatic Necessity; 7. CLINTON: From Calibrated Response to Parallel Positive Steps; 8. GEORGE W. BUSH: Turning Back the Clock; 9. OBAMA: A New Beginning; 10. INTIMATE ADVERSARIES, POSSIBLE FRIENDS; EPILOGUE: Cutting the Shackles of the Past: A Back-Channel Success; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEXA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2016).

ISBN:

979-88-908516-6-6

979-88-908516-7-3

1-4696-2662-4