{"product_id":"the-abyss-max-hastings-9780062980137","title":"The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history--the Cuban Missile Crisis--providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Abyss, \u003c\/em\u003eMax 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining in-depth research with Hasting's well-honed insights, \u003cem\u003eThe Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful, and riveting, filled with compelling detail and told with narrative flair, \u003cem\u003eThe Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e is history at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062980130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062980137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.36w x 1.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2022 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2022 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2022","brand":"Max Hastings","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072159478015,"sku":"9780062980137","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8b8819f-15fc-4973-a292-1701aa7241b5.jpg?v=1685440307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-abyss-max-hastings-9780062980137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}