"K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist"
Author Peter Carlson marks the 50th anniversary of Khrushchev’s 1959 trip across America by discussing his book K Blows Top. From New York to Los Angeles, Khrushchev cracked corny jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, and befriended or offended a cast of characters including Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Marilyn Monroe. This surreal road trip takes place against the backdrop of the fifties in capitalist America, the Cold War, and the all-too-human follies of flawed men who possess the power to incinerate civilization. A book signing will follow the program.
The speaker was introduced by Miriam Kleinman, Public Affairs Specialist, National Archives.
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