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The abyss : nuclear crisis Cuba 1962

Hastings, Max (author.).

Summary: "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"--provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780062980137
  • ISBN: 0062980130
  • Physical Description: xxxviii, 538 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-513) and index.
Subject: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963
Castro, Fidel 1926-2016
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich 1894-1971
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Historiography

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  • 13 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Abington Community Library 972.91 HASTING (Text) 50687011807784 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Altoona Area Public Library 972.91064 HAS (Text) 33240004726306 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 355 H358a (Text) 85131001846899 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
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Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 972.91 HAS Nonfiction (Text) 34007002478993 Adult Area Available -
Littlestown Library 972.9106 HASTINGS (Text)
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