Thomas G. Paterson is Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including On Every Front: The Making and Unmaking of the Cold War, Kennedy's Quest for Victory, and the popular textbook A People and a Nation.

Thomas Paterson, in Contesting Castro, details US policy toward Cuba and Castro since the 1950s with the acumen of a respected and widely read diplomatic historian ... His book is a blend of journalism and academic analysis, whose strength lies in fascinating detail culled from US archival sources.