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Robert Kennedy Reveals 1962 Missile Crisis Pressures
Robert F Kennedy details in a 1967 memoir how the Joint Chiefs urged invasion during the Cuban missile crisis as submarine incursions, airfield vulnerability, and a potential war loomed. He recounts shifts in strategy, civilian control needs, and moments of personal tension between John F Kennedy and aides.
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UPI
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cuba
Caribbean
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
McCall’s Magazine
Robert Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Soviet Union
Joint Chiefs
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
George Wallace
LeMay
U.S
Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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McNamara
State Department
Florida
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Russia