Far Eastern Trip (Withdrawn) -- The Man of the Hour, August 11-15, 1945 -- The Two Invitations, July-August 1959 -- Eisenhower's Peace Offensive, September-December, 1959 -- Preparations,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."
Summary:
"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.
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