Thirteen Days

副标题: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

ISBN: 9780393318340

出版社: W. W. Norton & Company

出版年: 1999-11-17

页数: 185

定价: USD 14.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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The unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. 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 clear and simple record, he describes the personalities involved in the crisis, with particular attention to the actions and attitudes of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He describes the daily, even hourly, exchanges between Russian representatives and American. In firsthand immediacy we see the frightening responsibility of two great nations holding the fate of the world in their hands.

作者简介

Arthur M. Schlesinger, is a historian who served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Among his many works are the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. He lives in New York City.

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