Nikita Krushchev and why Russia is not evil. Needs cites taken out.

Who was the "bad guy" of the Cold War? Russia probably is the first thing that pops in your head. That is because you are an American, but it is easy to see that the United States could be just as evil as Russia or maybe even worse. The Soviets thought we wanted to go to war because we elected a general (Eisenhower) to be our President. The Soviets feared nuclear war highly but felt …

…underwater, and in outer space. In the same August, Kennedy invited Khrushchev on a flight to the Moon. However Khrushchev felt he must decline because he was afraid in doing so that some how that Americans could gain intelligence. Which could tell them how weak the Soviet Union really was. He thought if the United States knew that, then they would launch a pre-emptive strike (CNN Cold War). Khrushchev just wanted to protect his people.