Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-12-2009; Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis, by Robert Kennedy; Read the book several years ago and was convinced that the Russian ships turned around because theywere carrying the nuclear warheads that the Cuban Missiles were lacking. US had would have fired on themhad they not turned around! I am...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-05-2009; Enjoyable; Well-written, exciting, interesting tale of an interesting time. Writing is laconic but full of meaning. Extremely interesting historical analysis and discussion of the division of power between the executive and the legislative...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-12-2009; Narrow Escape; The tale that Robert Kennedy lays down in Thirteen Days is a nail-biting modern thriller. It is difficult to imagine the state of the nation, and of the world, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The two greatest powers were ever at odds...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-24-2008; Anatomy of a Supreme Crisis.....; "Thirteen Days" is Robert F. Kennedy's enthralling memoir of the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, during which the United States under President Kennedy and the Soviet Union under Chairman Khrushchev came breathtakingly close to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-12-2009; Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis, by Robert Kennedy; Read the book several years ago and was convinced that the Russian ships turned around because theywere carrying the nuclear warheads that the Cuban Missiles were lacking. US had would have fired on themhad they not turned around! I am...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-22-2000; The Kennedy's as saviors....; RFK's biased account of the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis is so completely one sided that one can hardly not think of it as a work of fiction. He and his brother are presented as saviors, destined to call themselves the heroes of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-31-2005; Some insight, some disappointment; I was looking forward to reading this book on what I thought would be a keen insider's look at the Cuban missile crisis, and was somewhat disappointed. I realize that RFK was not able to complete the text, and perhaps that is reflected...; read full review | report as inappropriate