Nixon Administration and Cuba

Håkan Karlsson (born 1962) is Full Professor of archeology at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has worked with archeological, anthropological and historical investigations approaching different aspects of Cuban cultural heritage for more than 15 years.Tomás Diez Acosta (born 1946) obtained licentiate in political science and doctor of philosophy in history from the University of Havana, Havana, Cuba. He is Professor and researcher at the Instituto de Historia de Cuba, and he has published over 20 books about the relations between Cuba and the U.S.

• PART IThe Context 11 From Saigon to Havana 3PART IIThe Nixon Administration’s Policy toward Cuba 352 “A Very, Very Cautious Probe Only” 393 CIA’s Covert Operations and the Use of Cuban Exiles 444 The Anti-Cuban Policy of the U.S. 535 Debate in the U.S. National Security Council 71PART IIIThe CIA and the Secret Economic War against Cuba, and a New “Missile Crisis” (1969–1970) 796 The Cuban Exiles in the CIA Plans 807 The “Crisis” of the Soviet Nuclear Submarines 98PART IVOther Secret Actions toward Cuba 1158 Psychological Warfare: Radio Broadcasts 1189 Pirate Warfare: Harassment of Fishermen 12310 Biological Warfare: The African Swine Fever 133PART VThe Decline of the Counterrevolutionary Groups 14511 The Failure of the Torriente Plan 14612 The Crisis of the “Mother Ships” 15413 Assassination Plots toward Fidel Castro 174PART VIThe U.S.–Cuba Agreement on the Hijacking of Aircrafts, Sea Vessels and Other Offenses 18114 Air and Sea Hijackings: A Double-Edged Sword for the U.S. 18315 The Failed Negotiations between Cuba and the U.S. 19916 The Agreement of 1973 211PART VIIThe Debacle of a President 22117 Debates in the Congress (1973–1974) 22518 Continued Terrorism 23619 Watergate: Nixon’s Fall and the Cuban Connection 245