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The Abyss - Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
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The Abyss - Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
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Loot Price R526
Discovery Miles 5 260
You Save R160 (23%)
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Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of
one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern
history--the Cuban Missile Crisis--providing a people-focused
narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians,
Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment
as it unfolded. 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. Combining in-depth research with Hasting's well-honed
insights, The Abyss is a human history that unfolds on a wide,
colorful canvas. As the action moves back and forth from Moscow to
Washington, DC, to Havana, Hastings seeks to explain, as much as to
describe, the attitudes and conduct of the Soviets, Cubans, and
Americans, and to recreate the tension and heightened fears of
countless innocent bystanders whose lives hung in the balance.
Reflecting on the outcome of these events, he reveals how the
aftermath of this momentous crisis continues to reverberate today.
Powerful, and riveting, filled with compelling detail and told with
narrative flair, The Abyss is history at its finest.
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Imprint: |
Collins
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Max Hastings
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
576 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-298017-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-06-298017-3 |
Barcode: |
9780062980175 |
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