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Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Hardcover • 2021 • English

Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Serhii Plokhy

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'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October 1962' Martin Chilton, Independent The definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a mispla...Show more

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ISBN

9780241454732

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Format

Hardcover

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