K Blows Top : A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
Peter Carlson is a former feature writer and columnist for The Washington Post, where he wrote the weekly column "The Magazine Reader." The author of Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, and a co-author--with Hunter S. Thompson and George Plimpton, among others--of The Gospel According to ESPN, he lives in Rockville, MD.
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Baker Institute Fellow
at Rice University
"What a joy it was to read Peter Carlson's K Blows Top. With vivid
detail, crisp language, subtle wit, and admirable new research,
Carlson recounts Khrushchev's notorious bungling around America in
1959. A truly fine piece of writing and Cold War
scholarship."Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking
and Supreme Courtship
"Peter Carlson's K Blows Top is an utterly hilarious and
un-putdown-able story about one of the strangest episodes of the
Cold War -- Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the U.S. Someone absolutely
has to make this into a movie. I insist!"The Daily Beast, from
Christopher Buckley, author of Thank you for Smoking and
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Baker Institute Fellow
at Rice University
"What a joy it was to read Peter Carlson's "K Blows Top." With
vivid detail, crisp language, subtle wit, and admirable new
research, Carlson recounts Khrushchev's notorious bungling around
America in 1959. A truly fine piece of writing and Cold War
scholarship."Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank You for Smoking"
and "Supreme Courtship"
"Peter Carlson's K Blows Top is an utterly hilarious and
un-putdown-able story about one of the strangest episodes of the
Cold War -- Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the U.S. Someone absolutely
has to make this into a movie. I insist!"The Daily Beast, from
Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank you for Smoking "and "Little
Green Men"
"I can't remember when I've had more fun with a book...simply
hilarious."Steve Coll, author of "Ghost Wars" and "The Bin
Ladens."
"Any work of history whose chapter titles include "It Killed Milton
Berle and It Can Kill You Too" and "Chihuahuas For Khrushchev"
deserves to be read. Like the mid-century journalists who
chronicled this Strangelovian chapter of the Cold War, Peter
Carlson writes with wit, energy, clarity, and delightful
skepticism. This book seems to have been a joy to write; it is
certainly a joy to read.""Library Journal," 3/1: STARRED review
"For anyone interested in this remarkable moment in the long
history of U.S.-Soviet relations, Carlson's book is a treat!"Daniel
Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
"This book recreates in vivid detail one of the most astonishing
figures in our recent history. The Communist leader's storming of
America can be enjoyed by everyone, but especially those with
memories of that singular episode in the winding down of the Cold
War.""Booklist," starred review 4/15
"The book is consistently informative and funny, but there are
episodes that are strangely surreal... a fine example of popular
history at its most engagin
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Baker Institute Fellow
at Rice University
"What a joy it was to read Peter Carlson's "K Blows Top," With
vivid detail, crisp language, subtle wit, and admirable new
research, Carlson recounts Khrushchev's notorious bungling around
America in 1959. A truly fine piece of writing and Cold War
scholarship."
Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank You for Smoking" and "Supreme
Courtship"
"Peter Carlson's K Blows Top is an utterly hilarious and
un-putdown-able story about one of the strangest episodes of the
Cold War -- Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the U.S. Someone absolutely
has to make this into a movie. I insist!"
The Daily Beast, from Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank you for
Smoking "and "Little Green Men"
"I can't remember when I've had more fun with a book...simply
hilarious."
Steve Coll, author of "Ghost Wars" and "The Bin Ladens."
"Any work of history whose chapter titles include "It Killed Milton
Berle and It Can Kill You Too" and "Chihuahuas For Khrushchev"
deserves to be read. Like the mid-century journalists who
chronicled this Strangelovian chapter of the Cold War, Peter
Carlson writes with wit, energy, clarity, and delightful
skepticism. This book seems to have been a joy to write; it is
certainly a joy to read."
Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
"This book recreates in vivid detail one of the most astonishing
figures in our recent history. The Communist leader's storming of
America can be enjoyed by everyone, but especially those with
memories of that singular episode in the winding down of the Cold
War."
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Baker Institute Fellow
at Rice University
"What a joy it was to read Peter Carlson's "K Blows Top," With
vivid detail, crisp language, subtle wit, and admirable new
research, Carlson recounts Khrushchev's notorious bungling around
America in 1959. A truly fine piece of writing and Cold War
scholarship."
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