U.s. Attorney General And President John F. Kennedy

U.S. Attorney General and President John F. Kennedy confidant Robert F. Kennedy wrote â€Å"Thirteen Days† as an account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13 day power struggle from October 15 to October 28 1962 between the US and the Soviet Union over ballistic missile deployment in Cuba by the Soviets. The peaceful removal of those missiles was both a challenge and a goal for the Kennedy administration. The Cuban Missile Crisis was arguably one of the most dangerous Cold War affairs whose escalation would have led to a global nuclear war demise. Both Harvard-educated men and born into a wealthy, ambitious family, Robert and John Kennedy were influenced by their father to become involved in politics and managed to do that very successfully†¦show more content†¦Three events are associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis: superpower tension, the domestic situation in Cuba, and the Bay of Pigs incident. The ideological competition between Russia and the U.S. was exemplified in the arms, nuclear and space race, the funding of anti-Communists by the U.S., the unsuccessful Vienna Summit of 1961 and the construction of the Berlin Wall. In 1958, Kruschev had asked NATO to give up West Berlin to East Germany and by the summer of 1961, Kruschev and Kennedy met during the Vienna Summit, where Kruschev insisted upon East German control over West Berlin. On August 13, the Soviets and East Germans built a wall that limited free means of access between the Western and Eastern zones. American and Soviet forces confronted each other at â€Å"Checkpoint Charlie,† which controlled the passage across. The U.S. eventually agreed with the wall’s construction in November 1961, resolving the Berlin Crisis. However, Kruschev had not yet gotten what he wanted. According to him, the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba could be to negotiate over Berlin. Kennedy might replace the removal of Soviet-Cuban missiles with retreat from West Berlin. The coup