Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy’s firsthand account of the tense 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, offering an inside view of the Kennedy administration’s decision-making during the nuclear crisis.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis canonical | 3 |
| Thirteen Days (2000 film) | 1 |
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Target entity: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Context triple: [Robert F. Kennedy, notableWork, Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis]
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Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
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Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days refers to the pivotal winter campaign of the American Revolutionary War, during which George Washington led a series of surprise attacks and maneuvers that revitalized the Continental Army and turned the tide of the conflict.
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RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is the former U.S. president’s autobiographical account reflecting on his political career, presidency, and resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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The Decision to Intervene
The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
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E.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1979 non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (later adapted into a film) that chronicles the early U.S. space program and the test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, who embodied the daring culture of high-speed flight and astronaut selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Target entity description: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy’s firsthand account of the tense 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, offering an inside view of the Kennedy administration’s decision-making during the nuclear crisis.
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A.
Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
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B.
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days refers to the pivotal winter campaign of the American Revolutionary War, during which George Washington led a series of surprise attacks and maneuvers that revitalized the Continental Army and turned the tide of the conflict.
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C.
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is the former U.S. president’s autobiographical account reflecting on his political career, presidency, and resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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D.
The Decision to Intervene
The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
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E.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1979 non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (later adapted into a film) that chronicles the early U.S. space program and the test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, who embodied the daring culture of high-speed flight and astronaut selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Cuban Missile Crisis
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surface form:
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
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| describes |
U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
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internal policy debates in the U.S. government ⓘ risk of nuclear war ⓘ secret negotiations with the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| describesRoleOf |
United States Attorney General
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surface form:
Attorney General of the United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. State Department
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| focusesOn |
White House deliberations
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decision-making in the Kennedy administration ⓘ |
| genre |
historical non-fiction
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political memoir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thirteen Days (2000 film)
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| hasPerspective | American viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Kennedy administration
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surface form:
John F. Kennedy administration
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.–Cuba relations ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
Cold War
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surface form:
Cold War era
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| influenced | public understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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students of history and politics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cold War
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Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ United States–Soviet Union relations ⓘ nuclear crisis ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| notableFor | insider perspective on U.S. crisis management ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 224 ⓘ |
| portrays |
Executive Committee of the National Security Council
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John F. Kennedy ⓘ Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfEventsDescribed | October 1962 ⓘ |
| title | Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis self-link ⓘ |
| workLocationOfAuthorDuringEvents | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Subject: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Description of subject: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy’s firsthand account of the tense 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, offering an inside view of the Kennedy administration’s decision-making during the nuclear crisis.
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