Thirteen days : a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-19681969
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Total copies: 1
¿́¿This is a unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. 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 told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In a clear and simple record, he describes the personalities involved in the crisis, with particular attention to the actions and attitudes of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He describes the daily, even hourly, exchanges between Russian and American representatives. In firsthand immediacy we see the frightening responsibility of two great nations holding the fate of the world in their hands.¿́¿ -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 4th Edition ¿́¿ STAGE IV: LTC 2 and above.
Main title:
Thirteen days : a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis / by Robert F. Kennedy ; with introductions by Robert S. McNamara and Harold Macmillan.
Imprint:
New York : New American Library, 1969.
Collation:
192 p., [30] p. of plates.
ISBN:
0451622979 (pbk)
LC class:
E183.8 KEN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
44352