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Presents various anecdotes about the humorous side of Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. in 1959, at the height of the Cold War, visiting politicians and celebrities while extolling the virtues of his Communist homeland.

A survey of scholarly work on the Cold War, covering the subject in four chronological sections, ending with the Reagan years.

Provides information on the Soviet Union, including the detente of recent years, and presents biographies of leaders, a chronology, and an alphabetical list by topic of major U.S.-Soviet treaties.

The relationship between Kennedy and Khrushchev and its impact on the Cold War.

Robert Kennedy recounts the details of his brother's direction of the American response to the Cuban missile crisis.

Traces the origins of the nuclear arms race of the mid-twentieth century, focusing on the story of "First Lightning, " the 1949 Soviet test bomb.

Traces the history of the Cold War, revealing the factors that created the conflict, the impact it had on the world, and the lasting effects it has had on world ideologies, economies, and powers.

Traces the development of rockets and spaceflight from German experiments before World War II to the manned moon landings, and provides biographies on two scientists, Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev.

Chronicles the secret psychological warfare programs America developed at the height of the Cold War and explains how those propaganda campaigns targeted virtually every country in the free world.