| Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Contributor(s): Kennedy, Robert F. (Author), Schlesinger, Arthur Meier (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0393318346 ISBN-13: 9780393318340 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: A resissue of the gripping and bestselling account of the perilous showdown between the United States and Soviet Union in 1962. Includes a new Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General |
| Dewey: 973.922 |
| LCCN: 730141589 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.39 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light, especially from the Soviet Union. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schlesinger, Arthur Meier: - "Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917 - 2007) was a historian who served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Among his many works are the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House." |