Thirteen days;
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Thirteen days; a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis. With an afterword by Richard E. Neustadt and Graham T. Allison. - New York, Norton [1971] - 184 p. 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. 179-180.
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.
Robert Kennedy recounts the details of his brother's direction of the American response to the Cuban missile crisis.
0393098966 9780393098969
73141589
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Military bases, Soviet--Cuba.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
E183.8.R9 / K43 1971
Thirteen days; a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis. With an afterword by Richard E. Neustadt and Graham T. Allison. - New York, Norton [1971] - 184 p. 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. 179-180.
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.
Robert Kennedy recounts the details of his brother's direction of the American response to the Cuban missile crisis.
0393098966 9780393098969
73141589
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Military bases, Soviet--Cuba.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
E183.8.R9 / K43 1971