Thirteen Days A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Intro: Robert S.MacNamara & Harold MacMillan

Frustration, anger, tension, dignity, and wisdom were all at work as the Cuban missile crisis reached its peak. Robert F. Kennedy has conveyed all of that felling in his remarkable narrative. Thirteen Days is an extraordinary historical document and an extraordinary human document as well. It is remarkable not only for its inside story of the first great crisis of the atomic era but also for its moving revelation of the relationship of two men. This book includes reproductions of contemporary documents: certain of President Kennedy's exchanges with Nikita Khrushchev, his speeches and public declarations.