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Max Hastings revisits the perilous Thirteen Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, drawing on interviews, archive documents and diaries from national leaders, Soviet officers, Cuban peasants, American pilots and British peace protestors. He emphasizes how the misunderstandings and miscommunication between the superpowers could have led to catastrophe in 1962 and argues that today's leaders need ‘the fear which must lie at the heart of wisdom’ which made Kennedy and Krushchev draw back from the brink.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis 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 Hastingss 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 Castros Cuba, Nikita Khrushchevs Russia and Kennedys 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 todays 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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR012587600
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