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Subject(s)

• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1890-1969 [Browse]
• Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich 1894-1971 [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—1953-1961 [Browse]
• Cold War—Diplomatic history [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• National security—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Aerial reconnaissance, American—History—20th century [Browse]
• U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) [Browse]
• Nuclear weapons—Government policy—United States—History—20th century [Browse]

Summary note

"Explores how Dwight D. Eisenhower's long-anticipated visit with Nikita S. Khrushchev in 1960 became a casualty of the U-2 crisis and how his failure to visit the Soviet Union had a negative impact on Soviet-American relations during the Cold War."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Far Eastern Trip (Withdrawn)
• The Man of the Hour, August 11-15, 1945
• The Two Invitations, July-August 1959
• Eisenhower's Peace Offensive, September-December, 1959
• Preparations, January-May, 1960
• The Missile Gap and the FY 1961 Defense Budget, January-May, 1960
• The Crash, the Crisis, and the Collapse, May 1-24, 1960
• Eisenhower in the Soviet Union: Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev, June 10-14, 1960
• Eisenhower in the Soviet Union: Moscow and Irkutsk, June 15-19, 1960
• Conclusion "The Stupid U-2 Mess."

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Other title(s)

U-2 crisis and Eisenhower's aborted mission to Moscow, 1959-1960

ISBN

• 9780806164854 (hardcover)
• 0806164859 (hardcover)

LCCN

2019045360

OCLC

1135908087

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