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Back Channel to Cuba

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What’s it about?

For sixty years, the US and Cuba were locked in a bitter public standoff—yet behind the scenes, a secret network of back channels kept them talking, negotiating, and averting catastrophe.

You’ll learn

  • Secret talks averted nuclear war
  • Back channels were a constant
  • Prisoner swaps via shadow diplomacy
  • Isolation was a public facade