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This book presents aspects of the Cuba policy during Gerald R. Ford s administration (August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977), and the oscillations between carrot and stick that was its hallmark. The book s Cuban perspective complements the knowledge of the U.S.-Cuban relationship during the mid-1970s

Part 1. Johnson and the hostile policy towards Cuba -- The perspective of the Johnson Administration -- Revision of the "Integrated Covert Action Program" -- Part 2. Tensions and crises in 1964 -- The so-called "Water Crisis" -- The genesis of a new crisis -- The Crisis of May 1964 -- Part 3. The diplomatic isolation of Cuba in the hemisphere -- U.S. preparatory actions : The "Venezuelan Resolutions" -- The U.S. National Security Council and the action of the OAS -- The agreements of the IX Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs -- Cuba responds to the U.S. conspiracy -- Part 4. The economic war -- The difficulties to strengthen the dirty war -- The predominance of economic warfare -- The U.S. immigration policy toward Cuba -- Part 5. The defeat of the "Dirty War" -- The liquidation of the armed bands -- The defeat of the internal counterrevolution -- The failure of the "Integrated Covert Action Program" -- Part 6. Passive containment -- Johnson and the counterinsurgency containment (1964-1968) -- From "Dirty War" to passive containment (1966-1968) -- The Cuban counterrevolution abroad.

Part I: Kennedy and the Anti-Cuban Policy After the October Crisis -- Introduction to Part I -- Influential Factors of the U.S. Policy Towards Cuba in 1963 -- The New Governing Body for Anti-Cuban Subversion -- Proposals from the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs -- Soviet Troops in Cuba and the Political Debate in the U.S. -- "Uncontrolled" Terrorist Acts of the Counterrevolution -- Part II: The "Multiple Path" Policy -- Introduction to Part II -- The Internal Counterrevolutionary "Offensive" in the Beginning of 1963 -- The Standing Group and the Political Alternatives -- The Integrated Covert Action Program -- Operations and "Autonomous" Groups -- Part III: The Cuban-Soviet Dispute and the Reinforcement of the Cuban Defense -- Introduction to Part III -- The Cuban-Soviet Dispute and the First Visit of Fidel Castro to the Soviet Union -- Military Reinforcement of the FAR Between 1963 and 1964 -- The Confrontation with the Internal Counterrevolution -- The Action Against the Internal Counterrevolution and Its Groups -- Part IV: The Ambivalence of the "Multiple Path" Policy -- Introduction to Part IV -- The Negotiations of Lawyer James B. Donovan and the Ambivalent Policy Towards Cuba -- Information Classification: General -- Attempts to Approach the Cuban Government -- Appendix: Chronology of U.S.-Cuba Relations, 1963.