Abyss - Max Hastingsepub [2025]

: Described by reviewers from The Daily Mail as reading like "the very best fiction" due to its gripping, hour-by-hour detail. Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962: Max Hastings

: Written against the backdrop of modern geopolitical tensions, Hastings argues that the lessons of 1962—specifically the "fear which must lie at the heart of wisdom"—are critical for today's leaders to avoid global catastrophe. Abyss - Max Hastingsepub

Hastings goes beyond traditional histories by examining the crisis from three distinct perspectives: Washington, Moscow, and Havana. He weaves together top-down political analysis with "ground-level" accounts from ordinary citizens, pilots, and soldiers who were caught in the crossfire. : Described by reviewers from The Daily Mail