Thirteen Days: A Memoir Of The Cuban Missile CrisisWW Norton, 31 oct 2000 - 192 páginas "A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history." —Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light, especially from the Soviet Union. |
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... asked to return and join with Adlai Stevenson in presenting our case to the United Nations . As a Republican , he ... asked about the fate of pilots who might be shot down . He then asked Secretary McNamara to put into effect a rescue ...
... asked me why President Kennedy had not told Gromyko the facts when he had seen him the previous Thursday . I replied by saying there was nothing the President could tell Gromyko that Gromyko didn't already know - and , after all , why ...
... asked . " We are now in an entirely new ball game . " At first , there was almost unanimous agreement that we had to attack early the next morning with bombers and fight- ers and destroy the SAM sites . But again the President pulled ...
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FOREWORD BY ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR | 7 |
Tuesday morning October 16 1962 | 26 |
A majority opinion for a blockade | 34 |
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