Thirteen Days - A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis By: Robert S. McNamara
Thirteen Days - A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis By: Robert S. McNamara
Condition: Good with slight edge wear on dust jacket
Overview
A sombering memoir of a tense period in american history, the 13 days of the Cuban missile crisis as described by a major player in the event, the late Robert F. Kennedy with an Introduction by Kennedy's sec. of defense Robert S. McNamara and Harold Macmillan. The story of how a young President was tested like no President was ever tested before with catastrophic nuclear war and how he found peace and honour. An excellent read.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969.
Original blue cloth.
"The world was faced with... the greatest danger of a catastrophic war.... The performance of the U.S. government during that critical period was more effective than any other time during my seven year period as secretary of defense. The agencies of the government...worked together smoothly and harmoniously. That they did so was a large part of the efforts of robert Kennedy" (Robert MacNamara).
