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224 pages : 24 cm 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.
Thirteen Days is an insider account (Robert Kennedy, President Kennedy’s brother, was not only his attorney general, but a top advisor on all matters) of events in October 1962. During a tense thirteen-day stretch, the U.S. demanded that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba. This “Cuban Missile Crisis” was a key test for both sides ...
Books. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. 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 a new foreword, the distinguished historian ...
Thirteen Days describes the meetings held by the Executive Committee (ExComm), the team assembled by US President John F. Kennedy to handle the tense situation that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union following the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles (140 km) from Florida.
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Thirteen Days is Robert Kennedy’s personal account of the Cuban missile crisis. As the Attorney General of the United States and President’s Kennedy’s brother and most trusted confidant, Robert Kennedy played a significant role in that critical period. The first-person narrative is organized into titled sections, rather than chapters, and ...
Thirteen Days (1969) by Robert F. Kennedy recounts the nerve-wracking two weeks during the Cuban Missile Crisis when the world was on the brink of nuclear war. Here are three reasons why this book is worth reading: With behind-the-scenes access to the decision-making process, it offers a unique perspective on one of the most critical moments in ...
