Murder and Madness
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Author | : Lawrence J. Nelson |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 070062788X |
When Nikita Khrushchev toured America in 1959 —the first Russian leader ever to set foot in the Western Hemisphere, let alone the United States—the country was enjoying a period of unprecedented prosperity, just as the Cold War and the possibility of thermonuclear annihilation were causing widespread, bone-deep dread throughout the land. This book for the first time fully explores Khrushchev’s journey as a reflection of a critical moment in US life. Deeply researched and deftly written, Nikita Khrushchev’s Journey into America captures that moment in all its complexity and implications, describing not only the Russian leader’s occasionally surreal itinerary (a tantrum at being denied entry into Disneyland, for instance, or a near-riot upon wandering into a grocery store in San Francisco) but also the tenor of the crowds and the country along the way. Following Khrushchev from his arrival in the nation’s capital to the eerily silent greeting of hundreds of thousands of spectators to his tickling of pigs, kissing of babies, and glad-handing of union workers and farm laborers in rural Iowa to his encounter with President Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson and Schoenbachler’s work offers glimpses of the clash between a true believer in the Soviet system and the icons of capitalism and visions of prosperity he repeatedly confronted on his trip. At the same time the book shows us the American people of the time coming to terms with who they were even as they confronted the embodiment of everything they believed they weren’t: atheistic, socialist, and ideological. As the narrative unfolds, Khrushchev’s visit can be understood as easily the most democratic event of the Cold War, one that laid bare the depth of ideological commitments on both sides of the geopolitical divide as well as the key role of religion in shaping Americans’ reactions to the Soviet leader and to the Cold War itself.
Author | : N S Khrushchev |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
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ISBN | : 9781020806193 |
Nikita Khrushchev's famous trip to the United States in 1959 is chronicled in this intriguing memoir. From his meetings with American politicians to his encounters with everyday citizens, Khrushchev provides a unique perspective on the Cold War tensions between the two superpowers. In addition to offering insights into international diplomacy, Khrushchev in America sheds light on the man behind the political persona, revealing his humorous side and his personal quirks. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : William Taubman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 929 |
Release | : 2004-03-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393324842 |
Tells the life story of twentieth-century Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, featuring information from previously inaccessible Russian and Ukrainian archives.
Author | : Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev |
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Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Soviet Union |
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Author | : Nikita Sergeevič Chruščev |
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Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 1960 |
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Author | : Gary John Tocchet |
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Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Soviet Union |
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Author | : Peter Carlson |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-06-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786741562 |
Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as she filmed a dance scene in Can-Can. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. K Blows Top is a work of history that reads like a Vonnegut novel. This cantankerous communist's road trip took place against the backdrop of the fifties in America, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles. As Khrushchev kept reminding people, he was a hot-tempered man who possessed the power to incinerate America.
Author | : Peter Carlson |
Publisher | : Public Affairs |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-07-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1586488465 |
This hilarious account of Khrushchev's 1959 U.S. tour is also a supremely entertaining evocation of the history and atmosphere of Cold War America.
Author | : Sergei N. Khrushchev |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 849 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0271043466 |