Author: KENNEDY, ROBERT F. (1925-1968). SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR MEIER, JR. (1917-2007)
Title: Thirteen days : a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis
Description: New York : W.W. Norton 1971. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.by Robert F. Kennedy ; foreword by Arthur Schlesinger. Jr. Physical description; 185 p. ; 21 cm. Notes; 'Reissued in Norton paperback with a new foreword 1999'-- T.p. verso. 'Documents': p. 149-174. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176) and index. Contents; Foreword / Arthur Schlesinger. Jr. -- 'Tuesday morning. October 16. 1962' -- 'The President knew he would have to act.' -- 'A majority opinion for a blockade' -- 'It was now up to one single man.' -- 'The important meeting of the OAS' -- 'I met with Dobrynin' -- 'The danger was anything but over.' -- 'There were almost daily communications with Khrushchev.' -- 'Expect very heavy casualties in an invasion.' -- 'This would mean war.' -- 'Those hours in the Cabinet Room' -- 'The President ordered the Ex Comm' -- 'Some of the things we learned' -- 'The importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes.' -- Afterword / Richard E. Neustadt. Graham T. Allison. Subjects; Kennedy. John Fitzgerald (1917-1963). Cuban Missile Crisis. 1962. Military bases. Soviet - Cuba. Kubakrise. Military bases. Soviet. Military bases. Russian - Cuba United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union. Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States. United States - Foreign relations - Cuba. Cuba - Foreign relations - United States. Genre; Bibliography. ISBN: 0393318346. Weight in Kg appr.:

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