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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... pointed out that I felt he had a very strange way of show- ing his admiration ; that what the Russians had been doing in Cuba was a matter of the deepest concern to the United States ; and that his protestations of friendship meant ...
... pointed out to him that when I had met with him in early September , he had told me that the Russians had not placed any long - range mis- siles in Cuba and had no intentions of doing so in the future . He interrupted at that moment and ...
... , after a very bloody fight , they will be pointed at us . And we must further accept the possibility that when military hostilities first begin , those missiles will be fired 65 "Expect very heavy casualties in an invasion "
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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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