Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile CrisisW. W. Norton & Company, 25 abr 2011 - 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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... missiles out peaceably. There is the theory that John and Robert Kennedy were “obsessed” with Castro and out to destroy him. If this had been the case, the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles ... bases, Kennedy commented that our allies ...
... missile base being constructed in a field near San Cristobal, Cuba. I, for one, had to take their word for it. I examined the pictures carefully, and what I saw appeared to be no more than the clearing of a field for a farm or the ...
... missile (SAM) sites that were being erected, the Russians, under the guise of a fishing village, were constructing a large naval shipyard and a base for submarines. This was all being watched carefully—through agents within Cuba who ...
... missiles in Cuba, and they had been shipping them there and beginning the construction of the sites at the same time those various private and public assurances were being forwarded by Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy. Thus the ...
... missiles did not alter the balance of power and therefore necessitated no action. Most felt, at that stage, that an air strike against the missile sites could be the only course. Listening to the proposals, I passed a note to the ...
Índice
The important meeting of the OAS | |
The danger was anything but over | |
This would mean war | |
Some of the things we learned | |
THE CUBAN MISSILE | |
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY | |
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Robert F. Kennedy No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1969 |
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