Foreword / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962"
"The President knew he would have to act."
"A majority opinion for a blockade"
"It was now up to one single man."
"The important meeting of the OAS"
"I met with Dobrynin"
"The danger was anything but over."
"There were almost daily communications with Khrushchev."
"Expect very heavy casualties in an invasion."
"This would mean war."
"Those hours in the Cabinet Room"
"The President ordered the Ex Comm"
"Some of the things we learned"
"The importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes."
Afterword / Richard E. Neustadt, Graham T. Allison.