Policy of the Ford Administration Toward Cuba

Håkan Karlsson is Full Professor in Archaeology at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Tomás Diez Acosta is Professor and Researcher at the Instituto de Historia de Cuba.

• Part 1: The Ford Administration Between Continuity and Rupture 1. The U.S. and the Arrival of President Gerald R. Ford 2. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Break with Nixon’s Cuba Policy 3. The "New Dialogue" and the Failure of the Regional Isolation of Cuba Part 2: Cuba’s Domestic Transformations and International Perspectives (1974–1976) 4. Domestic Politics in Cuba (1974–1976) 5. Cuba’s Foreign Policy Between 1974 and 1976 6. The U.S. Congress and the Cuba Policy Part 3: The Secret Talks Between the U.S. and Cuba 7. The Beginning and the Development of Secret Conversations 8. The Meeting at Hotel Pierre9. From a Warm Summer to a Chilly Autumn Part 4: The Impact of the Cuban Mission in Angola 10. The Civil War in Angola and the Covert Participation of the U.S. 11. The Cuban Support and the Independence of Angola 12. The Defeat of the Invaders and the Punishment of Cuba Part 5: The Conservative Offensive in Latin America and the Cuban Counterrevolution 13. The Reactionary Wave in Latin America 14. Actions by Terrorist Organizations of Cuban Origin (1974–1975) 15. Counterrevolutionary Terrorism in 1976