Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Part One. The First One Hundred Days: Crafting Foreign Policy in the Kennedy White House1. The Over-Cautious Approach      2. Germany and Cuba      Part Two. Mission to Vienna: The Preparation of the Commander in Chief and the Impact of a Summit3. The Art of Diplomacy      4. “A very sober two days”      Part Three. “Once more unto the breach”: Constructing the Wall Between America and the Soviets5. The Vienna Effect      6. “Perhaps a wall”      Part Four. Brother’s Keeper: Robert F. Kennedy’s Role in Presidential Decision-making7. Jack and Bobby      8. RFK and the CIA      Part Five. “Dogs of War”: McNamara, the Joint Chiefs and the American Military Complex9. Whiz Kid and War Hero      10. The Joint Chiefs of Staff      Part Six. Waiting for the Enemy to Blink: Perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis11. Preparing for a Storm      12. Brinkmanship in the Kennedy White House      Part Seven. “No man is an island, entire of itself ”: Leading to Peace and Cooperation13. “A Strategy of Peace”      14. “Ich bin ein Berliner”      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Part One. The First One Hundred Days: Crafting Foreign Policy in the Kennedy White House1. The Over-Cautious Approach      2. Germany and Cuba      Part Two. Mission to Vienna: The Preparation of the Commander in Chief and the Impact of a Summit3. The Art of Diplomacy      4. “A very sober two days”      Part Three. “Once more unto the breach”: Constructing the Wall Between America and the Soviets5. The Vienna Effect      6. “Perhaps a wall”      Part Four. Brother’s Keeper: Robert F. Kennedy’s Role in Presidential Decision-making7. Jack and Bobby      8. RFK and the CIA      Part Five. “Dogs of War”: McNamara, the Joint Chiefs and the American Military Complex9. Whiz Kid and War Hero      10. The Joint Chiefs of Staff      Part Six. Waiting for the Enemy to Blink: Perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis11. Preparing for a Storm      12. Brinkmanship in the Kennedy White House      Part Seven. “No man is an island, entire of itself ”: Leading to Peace and Cooperation13. “A Strategy of Peace”      14. “Ich bin ein Berliner”      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Part One. The First One Hundred Days: Crafting Foreign Policy in the Kennedy White House1. The Over-Cautious Approach      2. Germany and Cuba      Part Two. Mission to Vienna: The Preparation of the Commander in Chief and the Impact of a Summit3. The Art of Diplomacy      4. “A very sober two days”      Part Three. “Once more unto the breach”: Constructing the Wall Between America and the Soviets5. The Vienna Effect      6. “Perhaps a wall”      Part Four. Brother’s Keeper: Robert F. Kennedy’s Role in Presidential Decision-making7. Jack and Bobby      8. RFK and the CIA      Part Five. “Dogs of War”: McNamara, the Joint Chiefs and the American Military Complex9. Whiz Kid and War Hero      10. The Joint Chiefs of Staff      Part Six. Waiting for the Enemy to Blink: Perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis11. Preparing for a Storm      12. Brinkmanship in the Kennedy White House      Part Seven. “No man is an island, entire of itself ”: Leading to Peace and Cooperation13. “A Strategy of Peace”      14. “Ich bin ein Berliner”      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index