Word: khrushchevism
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Since taking over from Nikita Khrushchev in 1964, with Suslov's indispensable assistance, Brezhnev relied on his No. 2 man to support his policies in the Politburo. Suslov could also be counted upon to supply the ideological rationale for such demonstrations of force as the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the military occupation of Afghanistan in 1979. As a predictable factor in Soviet behavior, Suslov will also be missed by veteran U.S. specialists. In the arcane field of Kremlinology, Suslov, at least, could be depended upon to counsel tough actions to preserve ideological purity. Government experts predicted...
Buckley embroiders this story with subplots and uneven characterizations of such personages as Allen Dulles, J. Edgar Hoover, Dean Acheson, Nikita Khrushchev and Charles de Gaulle. The results are mixed. The author's portrait of Hoover, for example, seems a weak parody of old newsweeklies: "Jut-jawed, beefy, all business...
...real enemies, notably the Chinese, but in many respects the Americans as well. Reagan's boast that the last chapter of Communism is now being written and that the West will "transcend" its Soviet rival must have sounded to listeners in Moscow every bit as threatening as Nikita Khrushchev's famous vow 25 years ago, "We will bury you," sounded to American ears...
Lessons were learned from the Cuban invasion failure, the Berlin Wall and a meeting with a scornful Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna. Kennedy discovered that both private joy and public acclaim were to be found in working for a nuclear test ban treaty, which was signed with the Soviets in 1963. A few weeks before his death, J.F.K. roamed the country polishing up a speech on the treaty as a pre-1964 campaign maneuver. The folks loved...
Harlow talks knowingly about the dynamics of crises. External threats, like Nikita Khrushchev's bullying of Ike after the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane in 1960, rally the nation and the Government round a President. In a major domestic crisis, like the Depression of the 1930s, Congress tends to quit and turn to the President to save the country, says Harlow. But in a moderate-size domestic crisis, such as the one we have now, Congress will, if allowed, obstruct and usurp the President...