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1、EARLYCOLDWARSUMMITS:EISENHOWER,NIXON,KENNEDY,ANDKHRUSHCHEV,1959AND1961BYJayP.Whitefield,B.A.AThesisInHISTORYSubmittedtotheGraduateFacultyofTexasTechUniversityinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsforMASTEROFTHEARTSApprovedByJamesRecknerRonMilamAcceptedJohnBorrelliDeanoftheGraduateSchoolJuly2007Copy
2、right©2007,JayP.WhitefieldTexasTechUniversity,JayWhitefield,August2007AcknowledgementsIwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothankthepeoplewhohavemadethecompletionofthisthesispossible.First,Iwouldliketothankseveralmembersofthehistorydepartment,includingDr.JamesReckner,Dr.RonMilam,Dr.DavidSnead,Dr.AlizaW
3、ong,Dr.ScottSosebee,andDr.DavidFisher.Withouttheirhelpandencouragement,Iwouldneverhaveenteredgraduateschoolinthefirstplace,muchlesscompletedathesis.Next,Iwouldliketothankseveralofmyfellowgraduatestudents,includingMichaelJohnson,RobertTidwell,andAshleyArmes.WithoutthehoursofconversationovertheColdW
4、ar,mythesiswouldnotbewhatitistoday.Iwouldalsoliketothankmyfamilyandfriends.Thepositivesupportfromandoccasionaldistractionbymyfriends,TimAdams,JamesMiller,ClintAdams,andBarakHarlan,madewritingmythesisandthetimeIspentingraduateschoolapleasantexperience.Iwouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheendlessloveandsup
5、portmyfamily,JimmyandShirleyWhitefieldandPaulaandJoeSexton,havegivenmeduringmygraduateschoolcareer.Thankyouallforthehelpandencouragementyouprovidedme.Finally,Iwouldliketosayaveryspecialthankyoutomywife,Olivia.Thankyou,Olivia,forthecountlesshoursyouspenthelpingmeproofreadmythesis.Youaretrulytheligh
6、tofmylife.iiTexasTechUniversity,JayWhitefield,August2007TableofContentsAcknowledgementsiiChapterIIntroduction1IITheKitchenDebate9IIITheSpiritofCampDavid32IVTheViennaSummit66VConclusions94Bibliography101iiiTexasTechUniversity,JayWhitefield,August2007ChapterIIntroductionIn1959and1961,threehistoricsu
7、mmitstookplace,whichtemporarilyeasedtensionsbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionduringtheColdWar.ThefirstoccurredinJuly1959,whenVicePresidentRichardM.NixonbecamethehighestrankingU.S.officialtovisittheSovietUni
