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 Dewey Decimal Number: 327.73047 EAN: 9780451627940 ISBN: 0451627946 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: February 01, 1969 Publisher: Signet Studio: Signet Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Essential study material for all who aspire to be U. S. presidentThere are many things that a U. S. president must know and much of that comes from documents about the past. Two of the most important documents are "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman and this book by Robert Kennedy. Tuchman's book is a fascinating account of how what should have been a relatively minor event, the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary in 1914, escalated rapidly into the conflict that we now call World War I. A series of rigidly structured alliances, mass ... Read More Rating: - We were in the middle of itAs a Cuban refugee I was training for a job in Key West when the Cuban Missile Crisis ocurred. I was twenty years old, my wife nineteen and our baby three months old. The narrow bridge that connects the mainland to Key West was closed to civilian traffic. Hundreds of missile launchers were transported from bases in Florida to Key West along with tanks, troops, and war material. In a matter of hours all the local stores ran out of stock, just like during a Cat.5 hurricane warning. "Thirteen Days: ... Read More Rating: - On the precipice of annihilationHaving just finished reading "The Last Campaign" by Thurston Clarke about RFK's 1968 presidential campaign, I decided to read "Thirteen Days". I bought some other books about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but wanted RFK's memoir and perspective about the situation before reading more current historical accounts. The first item that is a resonant theme forty years later is the ability of JFK to surround himself with diverse points of view and weigh all approaches to this stand-off before ultimately ... Read More Rating: - Inside look at critical inclusive decision making Robert Kennedy's memoir gives not only a fascinating insight to this critical episode, but it serves as a paradigm for crisis management. The brevity of this book is a plus, as it can be an entry into both this critical moment in history as well in decision making for those without the time to wade through more detailed accounts. Theodore Sorensen edited this diary of Robert Kennedy's account after his death, but even with subsequent release of much more information, the essentials are all here, and surprisingly ... Read More Rating: - AS WE APPROACH IN HALF A YEAR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FBI ASSASSINATION LET US RECALL WHEN WISDOM AND DIPLOMACY RULEDHere we have in Robert Kennedy's own account how the world kept out of annihilating nuclear warfare nearly a half century ago, rather than the current highly profitable rushes to war with untold, uncounted millions of innocent victims these past few decades. Here we can read how true, wise, competent and democratically elected national leaders kept us out of war, Averting 'The Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (Stanford Nuclear Age Series). The only ... Read More 
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