Abyss : the Cuban missile crisis 1962

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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...

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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

Cold War

Cuba Foreign relations 1959-1990

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Historiography

International relations History 20th century

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971

Nuclear crisis control History 20th century

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1953-1975

United States Foreign relations 1961-1963

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ISBN:

9780008365035
9780008364991

Description:

xxxvii, 538 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm

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Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Includes bibliographical references and index

Control Number:

3195079

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