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Thirteen Days (film)

Thirteen Days is a 2000 in film Historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the United States political leadership....


Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....
's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis

File:EXCOMM meeting, , 29 October 1962.jpgFile:Jupiter IRBM.jpgThe Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba that occurred in the early 1960s during the Cold War....
 of 1962. The book was released in 1969, a year after his assassination
Robert F. Kennedy assassination

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senate and brother of John F. Kennedy assassination President of the United States John F....
.

Thirteen Days describes the meetings held by the Executive Committee (ExComm
ExComm

The Executive Committee of the United States National Security Council was a body of United States Federal government of the United States officials that convened to advise President of the United States John F....
), the team assembled by US President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
 to handle the tense situation that developed between the US and the USSR following the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
, 90 miles from Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
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See also: Thirteen Days (film)
Thirteen Days (film)

Thirteen Days is a 2000 in film Historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the United States political leadership....


Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....
's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis

File:EXCOMM meeting, , 29 October 1962.jpgFile:Jupiter IRBM.jpgThe Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba that occurred in the early 1960s during the Cold War....
 of 1962. The book was released in 1969, a year after his assassination
Robert F. Kennedy assassination

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senate and brother of John F. Kennedy assassination President of the United States John F....
.

Thirteen Days describes the meetings held by the Executive Committee (ExComm
ExComm

The Executive Committee of the United States National Security Council was a body of United States Federal government of the United States officials that convened to advise President of the United States John F....
), the team assembled by US President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
 to handle the tense situation that developed between the US and the USSR following the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
, 90 miles from Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Robert Kennedy, who was the US Attorney General at the time, describes his brother John's leadership style during the crisis as involved, but not controlling. He explains, for example, that the president would often withhold his views in meetings, knowing that others would tend to parrot his ideas rather than offer honest appraisals. Robert Kennedy viewed the military leaders on the council sympathetically, and recognized that their lifelong concentration on war was difficult to set aside.