duplicated. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in the actual words of President John F. Kennedy and his top advisers. Now available in a new, concise edition, this book retains its gripping sense of history in the making. "[A] splendid achievement, as powerful and exciting a book as one is likely to read this year...."?Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review "Gripping history."?Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal "[M]esmerizing. I was utterly fascinated....the best, fullest account of crisis yet and will remain so for decades to come."?Stephen E. Ambrose "[A]s close as most people will ever get to being a fly on the wall during the discussions of leaders."?Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, James G. Blight 20 photographs

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