K blows top : a Cold War comic interlude starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's most unlikely tourist

Author/Creator:

Carlson, Peter, 1952-

Publication/Creation:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2009]

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

K blows top : a Cold War comic interlude starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's most unlikely tourist / Peter Carlson

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,1894-1971--Travel--United States
Cold War
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Trip One : The heat in the kitchen -- Trip Two : "A surreal extravaganza" -- Trip Three : The banging of the shoe.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index.

Summary:

Recounts Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America against the backdrop of the Cold War and a capitalist America living under the shadow of the hydrogen bomb.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xiv, 327 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990025683350302486

ISBN:

1586484974
1586488465 (pbk.)
9781586484972
9781586488468 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

191926312

Barcode:

010002454148