K Blows Top

by Peter Carlson
Category: "World History - Political"
Pages:307
Year of Publication:2009
Date Added:08/23/2023
Date Read:07/21/2025
Notes:Subtitle: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist

History of Nixon's visit to the U.S.S.R. in 1959 during which he had the famous kitchen debate with Khrushchev, Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. later that year, and his return as a delegate to the U.N. in 1960, memorable for his tirade in which he pounded his shoe on his desk.
My Rating: 8

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Khrushchev was an evil man, schooled at lying, manipulating, and politicking. On his trip around the U.S., he constantly bragged about how great the U.S.S.R. was — most of it lies, mocked Americans, pretended to be a loveable uncle, and went off on angry rants whenever he didn't get his way — like when he was informed that he couldn't go to Disneyland because security couldn't be guaranteed. While he may have felt remorse for his actions under Stalin and may have soften some of the edges of the Communist Soviet authoritarian state, he also brought the world to the brink of war and dealt falsely with everyone he came in contact with.
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