Khrushchev Eats a Hot Dog and Why History Is Sometimes Comedy
The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 17, 2014
In the fall of 1959, at the height of the Cold War, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev spent 12 days touring the United States at the invitation of President Dwight Eisenhower. Director Robert Stone tells us about his documentary “Cold War Roadshow,” along with historian William Taubman, who is featured in it. They talk about how visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and potentially set a new course toward peaceful coexistence, and how it created a media circus as hundreds of reporters followed his every move. "Cold War Roadshow," premieres at 9PM on November 18 on PBS American Experience.
