Thirteen Days A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis [Paperback]

As a principle figure in resolving the crisis Robert Kennedy brings to it extraordinary authority, with his own insights, perspectives and very important revelations of the decision-making process at the highest level, on the brink of nuclear holocaust.This is valuable not only as a record of the operations of the Administration during the great facedown, but as an instance of responsible brinkmanship. A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.