Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Volume 3: Statesman, 1953–1964

This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In the first two volumes, published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2005 and 2006, respectively, Khrushchev tells the story of his rise to power and his part in the fight against Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. He also discusses agriculture, the housing problem, and other issues of domestic policy, as well as defense and disarmament. This volume is devoted to international affairs. Khrushchev describes his dealings with foreign statesmen and his state visits to Britain, the United States, France, Scandinavia, India, Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, and Indonesia. In the first part, Khrushchev talks about relations between the Soviet Union and the Western powers. Of particular interest is his perspective on the Berlin, U-2, and Cuban missile crises. The second part focuses on the Communist world--above all, the deterioration of relations with China and the tensions in Eastern Europe, including relations with Tito's Yugoslavia, Gomulka's Poland, and the 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary. In the third part, Khrushchev discusses the search for allies in the Third World. The Appendixes contain biographies, a bibliography and a chronology, and also the reminiscences of Khrushchev's chief bodyguard about the visit to the United Nations in 1960 at which the famous 'shoe-banging' incident occurred--or, perhaps, did not occur. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 10 THE MEMOIRS......Page 12 Before and After the Peace Treaty with Austria......Page 14 The Four-Power Summit Meeting in Geneva (July 1955)......Page 41 Meeting with Adenauer (September 1955)......Page 66 The Visit to Great Britain......Page 76 Beginning of the Visit to the United States......Page 102 From New York to Iowa......Page 141 Washington and Camp David......Page 169 The Visit to France......Page 200 The Four-Power Summit Meeting in Paris (May 1960)......Page 247 The Visit to the United Nations......Page 269 John Kennedy and the Berlin Wall......Page 304 The Cuban Missile Crisis......Page 326 Visiting the Scandinavian Countries......Page 370 On the Road to Socialism......Page 396 Mao Zedong......Page 408 Friendship with China After the Victory of the People's Revolution......Page 423 Turn for the Worse in Relations with China......Page 446 Further Worsening of Relations with China......Page 475 Ho Chi Minh......Page 509 Albania......Page 520 Yugoslavia......Page 538 Germany......Page 568 Poland......Page 592 Hungary......Page 655 Czechoslovakia......Page 685 Romania......Page 709 India......Page 734 Burma......Page 762 India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Again India......Page 774 Indonesia......Page 796 Egypt......Page 820 The Six Day War in the Middle East......Page 870 From Syria to Yemen......Page 878 Relations with African Countries......Page 888 APPENDIXES......Page 900 How Khrushchev Subdued America......Page 902 Biographies......Page 906 Chronology, 1953-1964......Page 996 Bibliography......Page 1094 Index......Page 1130 This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In the first two volumes, published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2005 and 2006, respectively, Khrushchev tells the story of his rise to power and his part in the fight against Hitlers invasion of the Soviet Union. He also discusses agriculture, the housing problem, and other issues of domestic policy, as well as defense and disarmament. This volume is devoted to international affairs. Khrushchev describes his dealings with foreign statesmen and his state visits to Britain, the United States, France, Scandinavia, India, Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, and Indonesia. In the first part, Khrushchev talks about relations between the Soviet Union and the Western powers. Of particular interest is his perspective on the Berlin, U-2, and Cuban missile crises. The second part focuses on the Communist worldabove all, the deterioration of relations with China and the tensions in Eastern Europe, including relations with Titos Yugoslavia, Gomulkas Poland, and the 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary. In the third part, Khrushchev discusses the search for allies in the Third World. The Appendixes contain biographies, a bibliography, and a chronology, as well as the reminiscences of Khrushchevs chief bodyguard about the visit to the United Nations in 1960 at which the famous shoe-banging incident occurredor, perhaps, did not occur. V. 1. Commissar, 1918-1945 -- V. 2. Reformer, 1945-1964 -- V. 3. Statesman, 1953-1964. Edited By Sergei Khrushchev ; Memoirs Translated By George Shriver; Supplementary Material Translated By Stephen Shenfield. The Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Institute For International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.