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Author:

Geelhoed, E. Bruce, 1948- author.

Title:

Diplomacy shot down : the U-2 Crisis and Eisenhower's aborted mission to Moscow, 1959-1960 / E. Bruce Geelhoed.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,--1894-1971.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,--1894-1971.
United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
Cold War--Diplomatic history.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
National security--United States--History--20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American--History--20th century.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Nuclear weapons--History--United States--History--20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American.
Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations.
National security.
Nuclear weapons--Government policy.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Soviet Union.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

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Far Eastern Trip (Withdrawn) -- The Man of the Hour, August 11-15, 1945 -- The Two Invitations, July-August 1959 -- Eisenhower's Peace Offensive, September-December, 1959 --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

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.

ISBN:

0806164859
9780806164854

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1135908087

LCCN:

2019045360

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)