Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (SIGNED)
by Hastings, Max
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- Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve). Signed to ffep.
- ISBN 10
- 0008566291
- ISBN 13
- 9780008566296
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About This Item
London: William Collins, 2022. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve). Signed to ffep.. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings Ôthe heart-stopping story of the missile crisisÕ Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. Max HastingsÕs graphic new history tells the story from the viewpoints of national leaders, Russian officers, Cuban peasants, American pilots and British disarmers. Max Hastings deploys his accustomed blend of eye-witness interviews, archive documents and diaries, White House tape recordings, top-down analysis, first to paint word-portraits of the Cold War experiences of Fidel CastroÕs Cuba, Nikita KhrushchevÕs Russia and KennedyÕs America; then to describe the nail-biting Thirteen Days in which Armageddon beckoned. Hastings began researching this book believing that he was exploring a past event from twentieth century history. He is as shocked as are millions of us around the world, to discover that the rape of Ukraine gives this narrative a hitherto unimaginable twenty-first century immediacy. We may be witnessing the onset of a new Cold War between nuclear-armed superpowers. To contend with todayÕs threat, which Hastings fears will prove enduring, it is critical to understand how, sixty years ago, the world survived its last glimpse into the abyss. Only by fearing the worst, he argues, can our leaders hope to secure the survival of the planet.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (SIGNED)
- Author
- Hastings, Max
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- New Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve). Signed to ffep.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0008566291
- ISBN 13
- 9780008566296
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 538
- Size
- 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6
- Keywords
- 1st, history, cold war, Cuba, USSR, Hastings
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.93 g
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