Source: http://mikedempsey.typepad.com.Photo by Mike Dempsey, courtesy of Nicholas Thirkell's Archive. License: All Rights Reserved.

Robert F. Kennedy's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was released in 1969, a year after his assassination.

To make room for the compact linespacing, the 'O' of Walter Hattenschweiler'sSchmalfette Grotesk(now known as Haettenschweiler) is placed too high here, but the dense type has a powerful effect on this cover.