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Thirteen Days A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Robert F. Kennedy

"A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history."―Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installat...

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The host noted that Graham Allison had written the definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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As my friend Graham Allison at Harvard, who wrote the definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, said, if you're going to play poker and you sit down at the table and somebody said, I'm going to...

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The host noted that Graham Allison had written the definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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As my friend Graham Allison at Harvard, who wrote the definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, said, if you're going to play poker and you sit down at the table and somebody said, I'm going to give you a fifth as many poker chips as the guy sitting opposite you, you're going to pick up and walk away.

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