Name: Back Channel To Cuba: The Hidden History Of Negotiations Between Washington And Havana (in English)
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Author: Peter Kornbluh
ISBN: 9781469626604

portada Back Channel To Cuba: The Hidden History Of Negotiations Between Washington And Havana (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Peter Kornbluh

William M. Leogrande

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

584

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.5 x 15.8 x 3.5 cm

Weight

0.83 kg.

ISBN13

9781469626604

Synopsis "Back Channel To Cuba: The Hidden History Of Negotiations Between Washington And Havana (in English)"

History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of their move to restore full diplomatic relations, this powerful book is essential to understanding ongoing efforts toward normalization in a new era of engagement. Challenging the conventional wisdom of perpetual conflict and aggression between the United States and Cuba since 1959, Back Channel to Cuba chronicles a surprising, untold history of bilateral efforts toward rapprochement and reconciliation. William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh here present a remarkably new and relevant account, describing how, despite the intense political clamor surrounding efforts to improve relations with Havana, negotiations have been conducted by every presidential administration since Eisenhower's through secret, back-channel diplomacy. 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 uncovered hundreds of formerly secret U.S. documents and conducted interviews with dozens of negotiators, intermediaries, and policy makers, including Fidel Castro and Jimmy Carter. They reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, that provides the historical foundation for the dramatic breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba ties.

Peter Kornbluh

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Peter Kornbluh dirigió la campaña a favor de la desclasificación de documentos oficiales sobre la historia secreta del apoyo norteamericano a la dictadura de Pinochet y actualmente dirige el proyecto sobre la documentación chilena integrado en el National Security Archive. Es autor de numerosas obras de investigación.

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