May 2, 2021, the New in May edition

In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhil Plokhy Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices