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Wonderful insight - what would you have done? This is fantastic. Includes transcripts of key meetings where top US policy makers and the military discuss the evolving situation in Cuba. Each chapter begins with a summary description of information that puts the deliberations into context or otherwise refers to the outcomes of meetings, world events etc that do not form part of the transcripts. This makes for a wonderful history of the crisis and provides much more than the transcripts alone. That said, it is the opportunity to read exactly what... more info
Put yourself in his shoes Make no mistake, this is required reading for anybody who wishes to understand executive decision making and the art of effective delegation. Moreover, for a detailed chronology of the highest level of politicking during the Cuban Missile Crisis, you need to read this book. If you do, I would strongly advise that you then watch Thirteen Days, Roger Donaldson's first rate dramatisation of these transcripts.
The caveat is that these are transcripts and, as such, incredibly hard to follow. You're reading... more info
Behind closed doors ... Have you ever wondered what is being said behind closed doors, in those places where important decisions are made?. If you have, Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow allow you to learn just that, at least regarding the conversations that took place in the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This book contains the transcriptions of those discussions, and many notes that contribute to clarify certain details that the reader might well not be aware of. The editors of "The Kennedy tapes" are able to... more info
A wonderful insight into the heart of the crisis After all those years of looking at photos taken around the time of the Cuban miissile crisis of Kennedy and his advisors, deep in conversation, it's great to finally find out what they were talking about. What comes across is the perception and early understanding of the position they faced and their clear sighted thinking as they sought to come to grips with it. I was interested how the idea of the quarantine developed from almost an aside into the first line of policy. What is impressive throughout is... more info
