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Lädt ... The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962von Max Hastings
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"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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)972.9106History and Geography North America Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda West Indies (Antilles) and Bermuda; Caribbean Cuba CubaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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The first 100 pages of this book give us the geopolitical background and context within which Russia, Cuba and America were governed and how they saw each other, both inn terms of their society and the personalities in charge.
The crisis itself is handled in much detail, mainly because of the vast archive of available documentation, but also, amazingly, because President Kennedy recorded almost all of the senior meetings at which the crisis was discussed and policy was developed.
Kennedy comes out of this book very well. It is clear that many in his senior team, both politicians and military, wanted war regardless of the consequences to the wider world or their own countrymen. Kennedy consistently looked for diplomatic and political solutions, showed great empathy in trying to understand his opponents’ thinking and was prepared to be personally criticised for taking what he felt was the safest path rather then the most popular one.
The message from this book is that the whole episode was clouded by a fog of misinformation and disinformation and there were many points where even quite minor decisions could have resulted in catastrophe. In his final chapter Hastings draws a disturbing parallel between what happened in 1962 and what is hapenening today (2023) in Russia and the Ukraine.
Highly readable and highly recommended. ( )