| Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crises |  | Author: Robert F. Kennedy
Creators: Robert S. Mcnamara, Harold Macmillan
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1789706
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0451091507
EAN: 9780451091505
ASIN: 0451091507
Publication Date: February 1, 1969
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Important lessons for a new President October 16, 2008
Shalom Freedman (Jerusalem,Israel)
This account of the Cuban Missile crisis is written by one of the major actors. Robert Kennedy as Attorney- General was his brother's very close aide, and his description of the crisis provides close observation of his brother's mode of operation. And here he provides crucial lessons for any President. For President Kennedy was during this crisis tremendously open and flexible. He listened to the advice of each and every one. He welcomed suggestions. He made sure that the other side's opinions were fully understood. He also was wise in other ways. He was flexible, but firm. But he too understood the other side had its red- lines, its pride, its limits as to what it could accept. His sensitivity in understanding what the Russian leader might or might not be able to accept was critical.
The crisis is of course dramatic. The fate of the world is at stake.The world is on the verge of nuclear war. As described by Robert Kennedy, the President is cautious, responsible, deeply serious. He does not follow the knee- jerk advice of the military people who suggest an immediate military response to the Russian entrance of their missiles into Cuba. He takes the 'blockade strategy' which eventually proves effective. In the critical moment after receiving two notes from the Russian leader, one negative and one positive the President chooses to respond to the positive. The deal is made in which the Russian missiles are removed from Cuba and the U.S. promises not to attack or invade Cuba. The world is saved nuclear conflagration.
I have just hinted at the richness of this small and extremely important and valuable work.
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