Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis
By Max Hastings
HarperCollins £30
Any study of the Cuban missile crisis cannot avoid concluding that the world was lucky it happened when John F Kennedy was in the White House.
Sixty years on, the fact that we are even alive to read about the days the world teetered on the brink of Armageddon is as a result of the cool decision-making of the charismatic young President. Thanks to his ability to keep his head when
