| Description |
xiv, 524 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba.
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Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Negotiation -- United States -- History.
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Negotiation -- Cuba -- History.
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Reconciliation -- History.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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| Added Author |
Kornbluh, Peter.
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| ISBN |
9781469617633 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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1469617633 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9781469617640 (ebook) |
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