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Abyss : the Cuban missile crisis 1962 Cover Image Book Book

Abyss : the Cuban missile crisis 1962 / Max Hastings.

Hastings, Max, (author.).

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"In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and a host of their advisors"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780008364991 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xxxvii, 538 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London : William Collins, 2022.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 > Historiography.
International relations > History > 20th century.
Nuclear crisis control > History > 20th century.
Cuba > Foreign relations > 1959-1990.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1953-1975.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.

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