The Kennedy Tapes

Inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Philip D Zelikow editor Ernest May editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:13th Mar '02

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Kennedy Tapes cover

For sheer drama, this work of history may never be 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

"Enlightening." -- Alan Peppard - Dallas Morning News

ISBN: 9780393322590

Dimensions: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm

Weight: 871g

572 pages

Concise Edition