And Kennedy defended himself limply. Timothy Naftali, Historian: Khrushchev wanted Vienna to be humiliating for the American president. That was the goal. There was nothing that Kennedy could say ...

Kennedy proved to be Khrushchev's last chance for a meaningful boost in Soviet-American relations. They met for one summit in Vienna in June 1961. After two days in the Austrian capital ...

Miracles being unavailable, the meeting in Vienna produced perhaps the ... might be made in the procedure next time Mr Kennedy and Mr Khrushchev meet would be to dissuade such vast numbers of ...

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