Khrushchevs Cold War The Inside Story Of An American Adversary Reprint Edition Fursenko by Fursenko, A. A, Naftali, Timothy J instant download after payment.

670 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, \"Nikita Khrushchev has long remained one of the most enigmatic leaders of the twentieth century; his motivation and decision-making process have puzzled seasoned Kremlin watchers, U.S. presidents, and a generation of historians. In Khrushchev's Cold War, a sequel to their international history of the Cuban missile crisis, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali use new archival sources to provide a detailed and dramatic look through Soviet eyes at the most dangerous years of the Cold War. Drawing from their unrivaled access to Politburo and Soviet intelligence materials, they render a detailed account of Khrushchev's rise to power in 1955, his years at the helm of the Soviet Union, and his eventual ouster in 1964\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-623) and index, Red star ascendant -- Geneva -- Arms to Egypt -- Suez -- Twin crises -- \"Khrushchey's comet\" -- Coup in Iraq -- \"A bone in my throat\" -- Khrushchev in America -- Grand design -- The crash heard round the world -- Castro and Lumumba -- Southeast Asian test -- \"He is a son of a bitch.\" -- Iron ring -- \"The storm in Berlin is over\" -- Meniscus -- \"I think we will win this operation\" -- Cuban missile crisis -- \"Leaving fear astern\" -- Legacy