Thirteen days : a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis / by Robert F. Kennedy ; foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
| Author/creator | Kennedy, Robert F. |
| Other author | Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton, 1999, ©1971. |
| Description | 185 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | 13 days |
| Portion of title | Memoir of the Cuban missile crisis |
| Portion of title | Cuban missile crisis |
| 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. |
| Abstract | Robert Kennedy recounts the details of his brother's direction of the American response to the Cuban missile crisis. |
| General note | "Reissued in Norton paperback with a new foreword 1999"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | "Documents": pages 149-174. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index. |
| LCCN | 73141589 |
| ISBN | 0393318346 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780393318340 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E183.8 .R9 K43 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |