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 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.Robert F. Kennedy is the author of 'Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis' with ISBN 9780783893563 and ISBN 0783893566.