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Oct 27, 2009 · Détente, French for “relaxation,” is “a process of managing relations with a potentially hostile country in order to preserve peace while maintaining our vital interests,” Henry Kissinger, then...
Sep 28, 2010 · These conciliatory words toward America’s Cold War rival seemed surprising at the time, since Nixon had played important parts in Congress from1947 to 1952 and as vice president from 1953 to 1961 in shaping confrontational American policies toward the Soviet Union and Communism.
- Robert Schulzinger
- 2010
Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, moved toward détente with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. They hoped, in return, for Soviets to help the U.S. extricate or remove itself from Vietnam.
Oct 7, 2021 · The two superpowers agreed to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, or ABM, which limited the number of anti-ICBM defenses each nation would develop. This thaw grew into a wider policy, known as Detente between East and West.
In August 1974, America's Watergate scandal, which stemmed from the burglarizing of the offices of the Democratic National Committee and the cover-up that followed, and the subsequent resignation of U.S. president Richard M. Nixon (1913–1994; served 1969–74) interrupted détente.
Jul 19, 2024 · U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon, who came into office at the beginning of 1969, believed that his track record as a staunch anti-communist and tough negotiator would win conservative support for his efforts at détente. In his inaugural address Nixon proclaimed, “We are entering an era of negotiation,” and he went on to say:
Jul 9, 2024 · Nixon believed that his own record as an anti-Communist and tough negotiator would quiet conservative opposition to détente, while liberals would find themselves outflanked on their own peace issue.
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