TY  - BOOK
AU  - LeoGrande,William M.
AU  - Kornbluh,Peter
TI  - Back channel to Cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between Washington and Havana 
SN  - 9781469617633 (cloth : alkaline paper)
AV  - E183.8.C9 L384 2014
U1  - 327.7307291 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Negotiation
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Reconciliation
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Rebuilding bridges -- Eisenhower : patience and forbearance -- Kennedy : the secret search for accommodation -- Johnson : Castro reaches out -- Nixon and Ford : Kissinger's Caribbean d'tente -- Carter : close, but no cigar -- Reagan and Bush : diplomatic necessity -- Clinton : from calibrated response to parallel positive steps -- George W. Bush : turning back the clock -- Obama : a new beginning? -- Intimate adversaries, possible friends
N2  - "Challenging the conventional wisdom of perpetual hostility between the United States and Cuba--beyond invasions, covert operations, assassination plots using poison pens and exploding seashells, and a grinding economic embargo--this fascinating book chronicles a surprising, untold history of bilateral efforts toward rapprochement and reconciliation. Since 1959, conflict and aggression have dominated the story of U.S.-Cuban relations. Now, LeoGrande and Kornbluh present a new and increasingly more relevant account. From Kennedy's offering of an olive branch to Castro after the missile crisis, to Kissinger's top secret quest for normalization, to Obama's promise of a 'new approach,' LeoGrande and Kornbluh reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, indicating a path toward better relations in the future"--Provided by publisher
ER  -