Reviews
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy
rcthomas's review against another edition
3.0
Extremely short account of RFK's experience during the Cuban Missile Crisis that sheds a good amount of insight into his thoughts and concerns during those tense weeks. The book also provides a number of documents that those interested in the subject would enjoy reading. Sadly, the second part of the book where RFK meant to expound upon some of the moral questions of the Crisis was unable to be realized due to his assassination in 1968. Instead the "afterword" is written by Richard E. Neustadt and Graham T. Allison and focuses on the way the crisis was influenced by various historical factors, personal beliefs and emotions, and also the constitutionality of "Excomm." Its an extremely short read for those interested in the subject and provides some insight into what went on.
aliibriz's review against another edition
4.0
Four stars for the memoire, but I didn’t care much for the afterword.
jwave08's review against another edition
5.0
What a great, fascinating read. Especially after watching world leadership over the last number of year. Truly giving insight on how best to lead when the world is literally falling apart. A great compliment to the film (I do love the film).
paigenetting's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
3.0
emmaasummerss's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
(read this for my politics class) very interesting story I didn’t know much about
scgbean's review against another edition
3.0
I was required to read it for a class but I really enjoyed learning about the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was short and to the point, which I appreciated. Reading how things happened from a person who was in the very inner circle was really cool.
roshk99's review against another edition
4.0
A short but insightful read into the behind-the-scenes of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Although it was a very different time from today, it is still interesting to compare the response here to the current situations in North Korea and Iran. Would decisions this pragmatic be taken today?