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Peter Kornbluh and William LeoGrande, co-authors of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana, talked about the history of diplomatic relations b…

William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh, co-authors of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiation between Havana and Washington, talked about the history of U.S.-Cuba relations sin…

Peter Kornbluh talked about President Kennedy’s attempts to open up private channels of communication with Cuba after the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He described the people tasked with the operat…

Historians, scholars, filmmakers and journalists gathered for a 50th anniversary retrospective on the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Topics ranged from the history of the incident, its impact on…

On the 50th anniversary of the April 17, 1961, Bay of Pigs Invasion historians were joined by Alfredo Duran, a Cuban exile who participated in the assault, in examining the steps leading to …