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"This is not the fictionalized dialogue of a Joe Klein, or even the reconstructed dialogue of a Bob Woodward--this is the real thing. The result is gripping history, as Kennedy and his advisers--the so-called Executive Committee, or "ExComm" of the National Security Council--react to the news that the Soviet Union, despite repeated public assurances to the contrary, had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The editing and annotations are understated; the concluding analysis is compelling.May, Ernest R. is the author of 'Kennedy Tapes Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis', published 1998 under ISBN 9780674179271 and ISBN 0674179277.
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