Isbn: 9781586484972 - k blows top: a cold war comic interlude starring nikita khrushchev, america's most unlikely tourist (27 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Khrushchevs 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducteda surreal extravaganza, as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as she filmed a dance scene in Can-Can. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the trip, K Blows Top is a work of history that reads like a Vonnegut novel. This cantankerous communists road trip took place against the backdrop of the fifties in capitalist America, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles. As Khrushchev kept reminding people, he was a hot-tempered man who possessed the power to incinerate America. …

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Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Khrushchevs 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducteda surreal extravaganza, as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as she filmed a dance scene in Can-Can. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the trip, K Blows Top is a work of history that reads like a Vonnegut novel. This cantankerous communists road trip took place against the backdrop of the fifties in capitalist America, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles. As Khrushchev kept reminding people, he was a hot-tempered man who possessed the power to incinerate America. …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing and first edition, hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slightest handling with hint of DJ wear, slight age-yellowing of the pages). 327 pages. [1.3 lbs]. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing. Dust jacket has some edge wear. Half title page, title page, and dedication page have a faint yellow stain along side edge. ; Photographs; 9.20 X 6.20 X 1.30 inches.

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 327 pages, with photographs. Utterly hilarious account of Khruschev's 1959 visit to the USA. Review copy with promotional materials laid in. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. …

Secondhand, Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Peter Carlson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Khrushchevs 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducteda surreal extravaganza, as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as she filmed a dance scene in Can-Can. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the trip, K Blows Top is a work of history that reads like a Vonnegut novel. This cantankerous communists road trip took place against the backdrop of the fifties in capitalist America, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles. As Khrushchev kept reminding people, he was a hot-tempered man who possessed the power to incinerate America. Secondhand, Hardback.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed - To Bill Howe, - By The Author On The Front Free End Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 327 pages; B&W photographs. Signed dedication from author on front free endpaper. Sticker on DJ's spine. Minor fading on DJ's spine. Minor yellowing on pages. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. DJ is not price-clipped. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed First Edition, First Printing of one of the strangest and certainly most entertaining geopolitical events at the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s -- the 1959 visit to the United States by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Charismatic and spontaneous, bombastic and petulant, Khrushchev barnstorms both coasts and Middle America encountering movie stars, patriotic dentists, uber capitalists, Iowa farmers, mesmerized reporters and a distressed diplomatic corps while President Eisenhower frowns from the golf course. And denied entry to the site at the top of his wish list -- Disneyland -- K blows his top. Carlson captures every comic detail while deftly presenting the trip's place in the context of serious Cold War geopolitics. In this regard, Richard Nixon gets a thoroughly Nixonesque cameo as his testy and politically exploitive relations with Khruschchev set in motion a trip that a reluctant Eisenhower can't refuse. Signed and dated by Peter Carlson on the title page. 327 pages, illustrated. Signed by Author(s).…

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