Feb 4
7 min read
Stalin’s Death & Why Khrushchev Turned to the West
As a graduate student of the political history of the 20th century, I have been reading extensively about the Cold War period.
Upon reading some of the literature, I stumbled on the many ways the USSR’s former General Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev (Secretary from 1953–64), wished to reconcile with the West after Stalin’s disastrous rule of terror.
Let me explain.
