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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 327.73047 EAN: 9780393318340 ISBN: 0393318346 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 185 Publication Date: 1999-11 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: The 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 it is 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 representatives and American. In firsthand immediacy we see the frightening responsibility of two great nations holding the fate of the world in their hands. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - We were in the middle of itAs a Cuban refugee I was training for a job in Key West when the Cuban Missile Crisis ocurred. I was twenty years old, my wife nineteen and our baby three months old. The narrow bridge that connects the mainland to Key West was closed to civilian traffic. Hundreds of missile launchers were transported from bases in Florida to Key West along with tanks, troops, and war material. In a matter of hours all the local stores ran out of stock, just like during a Cat.5 hurricane warning. "Thirteen ... Read More Rating: - On the precipice of annihilationHaving just finished reading "The Last Campaign" by Thurston Clarke about RFK's 1968 presidential campaign, I decided to read "Thirteen Days". I bought some other books about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but wanted RFK's memoir and perspective about the situation before reading more current historical accounts. The first item that is a resonant theme forty years later is the ability of JFK to surround himself with diverse points of view and weigh all approaches to this stand-off before ... Read More Rating: - Inside look at critical inclusive decision making Robert Kennedy's memoir gives not only a fascinating insight to this critical episode, but it serves as a paradigm for crisis management. The brevity of this book is a plus, as it can be an entry into both this critical moment in history as well in decision making for those without the time to wade through more detailed accounts. Theodore Sorensen edited this diary of Robert Kennedy's account after his death, but even with subsequent release of much more information, the essentials are all here, ... Read More Rating: - AS WE APPROACH IN HALF A YEAR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FBI ASSASSINATION LET US RECALL WHEN WISDOM AND DIPLOMACY RULEDHere we have in Robert Kennedy's own account how the world kept out of annihilating nuclear warfare nearly a half century ago, rather than the current highly profitable rushes to war with untold, uncounted millions of innocent victims these past few decades. Here we can read how true, wise, competent and democratically elected national leaders kept us out of war, Averting 'The Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (Stanford Nuclear Age Series). Read More Rating: - first-hand-account, fast-paced, fascinating Read up on one of the most terrifying moments in history, the near destruction of the world by nuclear holocaust. This quick read takes you inside the White House where policy makers decided how best to react to the Soviet Union's establishing a nuclear missile base on the island of Cuba. This is a first-hand-account, fast-paced, fascinating page-turner of a history book. |
