The History of the Cold war: A Comparative Perspective

 

Ike:

Sputnik 1957

Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: ) ch 2 (pp. 147-151) ; Eisenhower, Vol II, ch 8 "Sputnik"

 

Zubok, A Failed Empire ; ch 5 (pp,123-143); Volkogonov, ch 3 (pp.222-235)

Fursenko, ch 6, Khrushchev's Comet Sputnik (pp. 138-157)

 

a. Sputnik 1957

b. H-Bomb

c. K Emboldened: Visits US Sept 1959-Spirit of Camp David

d. Khrushchev meets Mao: Aug 1958

e. K drives for equality

f. Nuclear brinkmenship