Autumn 1960.
The army must be reduced, money redirected to a consumer economy, and the US.
Changes are imperative.
Meanwhile, the arms race is crushing the Soviet economy and there is unrest throughout the Communist empire.
His country and his political future are in trouble because he has opened doors to the West and espoused the doctrine of peaceful coexistence.
Nikita Khrushchev is politically adept, visionary, and locked in a fight with the Politburo and a battle with Mao and the Chinese.
Autumn 1960