Thirteen Days a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Thirteen Days recounts the thirteen critical days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba, as experienced by Robert F. Kennedy, then Attorney General and key advisor to his brother, President John F. Kennedy.

The book describes the ExComm meetings, diverse opinions among advisors, the push for a naval blockade over airstrikes, and the high-stakes negotiations that averted nuclear war.

It highlights lessons on leadership, empathy in diplomacy, and the moral perils of nuclear brinkmanship, released posthumously in 1969.