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

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

"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."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geelhoed, E. Bruce, 1948- (Author)
Other title:U-2 crisis and Eisenhower's aborted mission to Moscow, 1959-1960.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971.
Cold War > Diplomatic history.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American > History > 20th century.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American.
Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations.
National security.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Soviet Union.
United States.
History.
Description
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."--
Physical Description:xv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780806164854
0806164859

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