From Confrontation to Negotiation: U. S. Relations with Cuba
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: REALISM ABOUT CUBA -- 1 U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA, 1898-1980 -- From Independence War to Revolution -- From Conflict to Cold War: 1959-1970 -- The Roller Coaster Decade: 1971-1980 -- Notes -- 2 U.S. POLICY IN THE 1980s -- Raising the Stakes -- Growing Tension -- Consequences of the Policy -- Notes -- 3 ISSUES IN CONTENTION -- U.S. Demands -- Cuban Demands -- Stark Contrast -- Notes -- 4 FACTORS SHAPING CUBA'S POLICY -- Setting of the Party Congress -- Increasing Ties to the Socialist Bloc -- Strengthening Internal Structures: Party and Military -- The Strength to Be Flexible -- Notes -- 5 DOMESTIC FACTORS SHAPING U.S. POLICY -- Interest Groups -- U.S. Congress -- Press and Public Opinion -- A Relatively Open Field -- Notes -- 6 A SENSIBLE POLICY -- A Failed Policy -- A New Policy -- The Ball Is in Our Court -- Notes -- Chronology -- Suggested Readings -- Index.
