Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1993. First? Edition. First? Printing. 293, wraps, tables, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 25 cm. xv, [3], 728, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Primary source materials include verbatim conversations on the missile crisis and how decisions were derived. The political motivations of all parties concerned are explored. Ernest Richard May (November 19, 1928 – June 1, 2009) was an American historian of international relations whose 14 published books include analyses of American involvement in World War I and the causes of the Fall of France during World War II. His 1997 book The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis became the primary sources of the 2000 film Thirteen Days starring Kevin Costner that viewed the Missile Crisis from the perspective of American political leaders. May taught full-time on the faculty of Harvard University for 55 years, until his death. May was also a recipient of the 1988 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, co-authored with Richard Neustadt. Philip David Zelikow (born September 21, 1954) is an American attorney, diplomat, academic and author. He has worked as the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, and Counselor of the United States Department of State. He is the White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia and was American Academy in Berlin Axel Springer Fellow, in the fall of 2009. While at Harvard, he worked with Ernest R. May and Richard Neustadt on the use, and misuse, of history in policymaking. More