Nina Khrushcheva's grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev, was the leader of the Soviet Union who wrestled with President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, bringing the world to the edge of nuclear war.
In this extract from her new memoir, she recalls how his daring reputation in Moscow was not recognized in the United States.
I always knew that my grandfather's legacy was a mixed matter, not a straightforward story of democratic good overcoming totalitarian evil.
