When Nixon met Khruschev - BBC World Service #shorts

As the US and Soviet Union raced for supremacy in the run up to the 1960s, USSR Premier Khrushchev had a tense exchange with then US Vice President Richard Nixon. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM This encounter in 1959 showed the already strained relationship between the two superpowers, fierce rivals in the race to build ever more devastating missiles. This is an extract from The Bomb, the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #kennedy #jfk #khrushchev #cubanmissilecrisis