Fifty Years Ago: Khrushchev Visits America
A fascinating read about the Soviet Premier's trip to the United States in 1959
at the usual height of the Cold War in the July, 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine,
which also happens to be online here:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Nikita-in-Hollywood.html
Khrushchev may have been many things, but he was not boring. One American
he wanted to meet was, not surprisingly, Marilyn Monroe. She had to be told who
Khrushchev was, as she did not read the papers or listen to the news.
The same issue has a photo feature about an event that happened ten years
after Khrushchev's visit, the end result of one part of the Cold War:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html