Thirteen Days A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Kennedy, Robert F

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…thus been able to split off the NATO countries or even one of our chief allies, our position would have been seriously undermined."(p.122) 'No one had expected or anticipated that the Russians would deploy surface-to-surface ballistic missiles in Cuba."(p.24) '...if we are going to preserve our own national security, we will need friends, we will need supporters, we will need countries that believe and respect us and will follow our leadership.'