Thirteen Days (book)
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| Author | Robert F. Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | N/A |
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is
his assassination.[1]
Thirteen Days describes the meetings held by the Executive Committee (
US Attorney General
at the time, describes his brother John's leadership style during the crisis as involved, but not controlling. Robert Kennedy viewed the military leaders on the council sympathetically, and recognized that their lifelong concentration on war was difficult to set aside.
The book was used as the basis for the 1974 television play Philip D. Zelikow. That book contained some information that Kennedy was not able to reveal because it was classified at the time.
Notes
- ^ Haruya Anami, "'Thirteen Days' Thirty Years After: Robert Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited," Journal of American & Canadian Studies (1994) Issue 12, pp 69-88.
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