Khrushchev in Water Wings: On Mao, Humiliation and the Sino-Soviet Split

Angered by the way the Soviet Union treated him, Mao Zedong planned revenge on Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet premier's 1958 visit to Beijing.

Mao's weapon: a pool party.

By Mike Dash

SMITHSONIAN.COM

MAY 4, 2012