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Book • 1968
In this memoir, Robert F. Kennedy provides a detailed and personal account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, highlighting the intense diplomatic and military negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The book describes the daily interactions and decision-making processes within the Kennedy administration, particularly focusing on the roles of President John F. Kennedy and key advisors like Robert S. McNamara.

It recounts the crisis from the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba to the eventual resolution, where the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a U.S.

promise not to invade Cuba and the secret removal of U.S.

missiles from Turkey and Italy.

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