James G. Blight is professor of international relations at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books on U.S. foreign policy, including five on the Cuban missile crisis. Philip Brenner is professor of international relations at American University in Washington, DC, and chair of American University's Inter-Disciplinary Council on the Americas. A specialist in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, he has been engaged in research about U.S.-Cuban relations since 1974.

• Prologue: The Discovery and Meaning of Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 1: The October CrisisChapter 2: Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 3: October/November 1962: The Shadow of the Missile Crisis Descends on Havanna and MoscowChapter 4: June 1967–August 1968: From the Shadow of the Missile Crisis to the Shadow of the FutureEpilogue: Cuba's Struggle with the United States after the Missile Crisis: The Case for Realistic EmpathyAppendix A: Chronology of Events: 1963–1968Appendix B: Text of Letter Dated 15 November from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba to Acting Secretary General U ThantAppendix C: Speech Given By Major Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Analyzing the Events in Czechoslovakia Friday, August 23, 1968—Year of the Hero

The value of Blight and Brenner's book is that it presents the Cuban perspective in extensive detail. Sad and Luminous Days will provide an important counterpoint to the stream of simplistic books about the missile crisis that are sure to appear.

James G. Blight is professor of international relations at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books on U.S. foreign policy, including five on the Cuban missile crisis. Philip Brenner is professor of international relations at American University in Washington, DC, and chair of American University's Inter-Disciplinary Council on the Americas. A specialist in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, he has been engaged in research about U.S.-Cuban relations since 1974.

• Prologue: The Discovery and Meaning of Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 1: The October CrisisChapter 2: Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 3: October/November 1962: The Shadow of the Missile Crisis Descends on Havanna and MoscowChapter 4: June 1967–August 1968: From the Shadow of the Missile Crisis to the Shadow of the FutureEpilogue: Cuba's Struggle with the United States after the Missile Crisis: The Case for Realistic EmpathyAppendix A: Chronology of Events: 1963–1968Appendix B: Text of Letter Dated 15 November from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba to Acting Secretary General U ThantAppendix C: Speech Given By Major Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Analyzing the Events in Czechoslovakia Friday, August 23, 1968—Year of the Hero

The value of Blight and Brenner's book is that it presents the Cuban perspective in extensive detail. Sad and Luminous Days will provide an important counterpoint to the stream of simplistic books about the missile crisis that are sure to appear.

James G. Blight is professor of international relations at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books on U.S. foreign policy, including five on the Cuban missile crisis. Philip Brenner is professor of international relations at American University in Washington, DC, and chair of American University's Inter-Disciplinary Council on the Americas. A specialist in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, he has been engaged in research about U.S.-Cuban relations since 1974.

• Prologue: The Discovery and Meaning of Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 1: The October CrisisChapter 2: Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 3: October/November 1962: The Shadow of the Missile Crisis Descends on Havanna and MoscowChapter 4: June 1967–August 1968: From the Shadow of the Missile Crisis to the Shadow of the FutureEpilogue: Cuba's Struggle with the United States after the Missile Crisis: The Case for Realistic EmpathyAppendix A: Chronology of Events: 1963–1968Appendix B: Text of Letter Dated 15 November from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba to Acting Secretary General U ThantAppendix C: Speech Given By Major Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Analyzing the Events in Czechoslovakia Friday, August 23, 1968—Year of the Hero

The value of Blight and Brenner's book is that it presents the Cuban perspective in extensive detail. Sad and Luminous Days will provide an important counterpoint to the stream of simplistic books about the missile crisis that are sure to appear.