A review by caffeine_books
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy

informative tense fast-paced

3.5

A fascinating inside look at the Cuban Missile Crisis from a man in the halls of power. In a concise way RFK was able to show the discussions that were had behind closed doors and the toll it took on his brother.  In the final pages he talks about how this event had impacted the world and what it means to hold power.  RFK sums up the pressure that these men were under during the crisis when he stated, "...if we erred, we erred not only for ourselves, our futures, our hopes, and our country, but for the lives, futures, hopes and countries of those who had never been given an opportunity to play a role, to vote ay or nay, to make themselves felt."