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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.9106 HASFabiny, Sarah
Summary: Describes the life of a man who has ruled Cuba since 1959, after leading a successful revolution overthrowing Batistas government and establishing a Communist regime in its place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CASMaier, Thomas
Summary: "Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots ever--with CIA agents, mob hitmen, "kompromat" sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue. In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba's Communist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 MAIHansen, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Marshall)
Summary: "An intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro, showing how an unlikely young Cuban led his country in revolution and transfixed the world. Castro got his toughness from a father who survived Spain's nasty class system and colonial wars to become one of the most successful independent plantation owners in Cuba. He grew up to be full of contradictions. in prison, he showed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019