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100 1  Huddleston, Vicki,|eauthor. 
245 10 Our Woman in Havana :|bA Diplomat's Chronicle of America's
       Long Struggle with Castro's Cuba /|cVicki Huddleston. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bAbrams / Vearsa 
       Limited,|c[2018] 
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520    Our Woman in Havana chronicles the past several decades of
       US-Cuba relations from the bird's-eye view of State 
       Department veteran and longtime Cuba hand Vicki Huddleston,
       our top diplomat in Havana under Presidents Clinton and 
       George W. Bush.After the US embassy in Havana was closed 
       in 1961, relations between the two countries broke off. A 
       thaw came in 1977, with the opening of a de facto embassy 
       in Havana, the US Interests Section, where Huddleston 
       would later serve. In her compelling memoir of a diplomat 
       at work, she tells gripping stories of face-to-face 
       encounters with Fidel Castro and the initiatives she 
       undertook, like the transistor radios she furnished to 
       ordinary Cubans. With inside accounts of many dramatic 
       episodes, like the tumultuous Elián González custody 
       battle, Huddleston also evokes the charm of the island 
       country, and her warm affection for the Cuban 
       people.Uniquely qualified to explain the inner workings of
       US-Cuba relations, Huddleston examines the Obama 
       administration's diplomatic opening of 2014, the 
       mysterious "sonic? brain and hearing injuries suffered by 
       US and Canadian diplomats who were serving in Havana, and 
       the rescinding of the diplomatic opening under the Trump 
       administration.Huddleston recounts missed opportunities 
       for détente, and the myths, misconceptions, and lies that 
       have long pervaded US-Cuba relations. With Raúl Castro 
       scheduled to step down in 2018, she also peers into the 
       future, when for the first time in more than six decades 
       no one named Castro will be Cuba's leader.Our Woman in 
       Havana is essential reading for everyone interested in 
       Cuba, including the thousands of Americans visiting the 
       island every year, observers who study the stormy 
       relationship with our near neighbor, and policymakers 
       navigating the nuances and challenges of the US-Cuba 
       relationship. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Huddleston, Vicki. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Cuba|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 Cuba|xPolitics and government|y1990- 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y1989- 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|zCuba. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  Gutierrez, Carlos M.,|d1953- 
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