Eisenhower held out great hopes for Khrushchev's U.S. visit. As he began to look toward his final year in the White House he knew time was running out on his opportunity to end the Cold War.

A mix of cautious diplomacy, Cold War rivalry, and personal theatrics defined Khrushchev’s relationship with US president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Initially, Khrushchev sought to ease tensions with ...

Historian and author Stephen Ambrose comments on the Paris Summit, during Eisenhower's presidency. I think the reason Khrushchev made such a big deal out of the U2 when he could have underplayed ...

Khrushchev gave one gun to President Dwight Eisenhower and the other - the one that is for sale - to secretary of defense Neil McElroy. During his 12-day visit, Khrushchev declared his wish 'to ...

There Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tongue-ledged President Eisenhower over the issue of the American Spy Plane. He accused him of basing American foreign policy on treachery. Announcer ...

Fifty summers ago President Dwight Eisenhower, hoping to resolve a mounting crisis over the fate of Berlin, invited Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to a summit meeting at Camp David. Ike had no ...

Eisenhower held out great hopes for Khrushchev's U.S. visit. As he began to look toward his final year in the White House he knew time was running out on his opportunity to end the Cold War.