Thirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy - Book Summary

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Title: Thirteen Days

Author: Robert F. Kennedy

Category: Leadership & Team Building, World History, Politics & Current Affairs, Economics & Global Markets

The morning McGeorge Bundy delivered U-2 photos of Soviet missile sites in Cuba to the White House, the world teetered on the edge of nuclear war.

Sam and Sophie walk through the tense ExComm debates, the decision for a naval blockade (called a…