Comments on: Khrushchev in Water Wings: On Mao, Humiliation and the Sino-Soviet Split

By: Mike Dash

Mike Dash — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:40:29 +0000

Thank you, Scott – it’s fixed.

By: Scott Lahti

Scott Lahti — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:18:57 +0000

For “Neil” Ascherson read “Neal”.

By: William Bergmann

William Bergmann — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:14:35 +0000

Soviet communism was dead after Kennedy forced the Russians to remove their missiles from Cuba. All of their potential clients in Africa and the mid-east moved in our direction when it became obvious who was going to win the cold war. Reagan’s achievement was to simply not screw up history.

By: Danna Rickard

Danna Rickard — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:05:54 +0000

Very interesting article….
Also it’s scary, to think that the fate of the world was so profoundly affected by these two men. I’m glad that President Obama is an intelligent, wise, and good world leader, without the psycho/ego power problems that Khrushchev and Mao had.

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:00:48 +0000

It’s obvious from the piece itself that the forces leading to the split were powerful. The pool incident is fascinating, but it’s a stretch to say that it rode on “some oversize green bathing trunks and a pair of water wings.”

By: Stourley Kracklite

Stourley Kracklite — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:29:16 +0000

With all due respect to Gore Vidal, Mrs. Krushchev may have been more amenable to Onassis’s predilections. Onassis. That’s quite the aptronym.

By: David Vernon

David Vernon — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:41:09 +0000

A fascinating insight into a period that many are now forgetting. Thanks Mike!