A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California. A Rare Look at Tucker Cars National Treasure: The History of the Lie ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-red-threat/ Kennedy believed his first diplomatic meeting with Nikita Khrushchev would be a lesson in ...

Pie Chamberlain: The great showman of the East, Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by man of less color and vitality, the generation of clerks and technocrats. Khrushchev succeeded Georgy Malenkov as ...

Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the new Communist leader in 1955 and immediately contributed to this new hope. Khrushchev encouraged a policy of ‘de-Stalinisation’ within the Communist Party and ...

Nikita Khrushchev continued to aid in the spread of communism around the world and Kennedy wanted to show the American public he would not be bullied by the Soviet premier. John F. Kennedy ...

This bold move not only eliminated a dangerous rival but also signaled Khrushchev’s willingness to take risks to consolidate power. The man who was dubbed “Hurricane Nikita” was a bundle of ...