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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… Read More