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Feb 9, 2022 · The historic 1972 visit by President Richard Nixon to the People's Republic of China marked a strategic diplomatic effort to warm relations between the two Cold War nations.
- Dave Roos
Nixon hoped that the Chinese would help push the North Vietnamese to a resolution in Vietnam. Nixon’s visit to China altered the global balance of power.
Oct 27, 2009 · The first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union since 1945, Nixon and Brezhnev, took part in three breakthrough historic summits while both held office, first in May 1972, followed by Brezhnev...
Nov 13, 2019 · The Nixon Foundation has produced a new documentary short about President Nixon’s vision for peace and strategy to win the Cold War, featuring former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Winston Lord (1985-1989).
Nixon’s handling of the Soviet Union and China ushered in a new chapter in the Cold War. Known as détente, the new era was one of relaxed tensions and cooperation between the world’s superpowers.
He, Kissinger, and Brezhnev had established détente essentially by themselves, and it had worked to lessen Cold War tensions between the two super-powers. By withdrawing from Vietnam, Nixon recognized that America had limits to its power.
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Sep 6, 2024 · In a period of just four years, 1969–72, the United States abandoned once-unshakable Cold War attitudes toward the Communist nations, while scaling back its own exposure in response to the Sino-Soviet split, imminent Soviet strategic parity, and the economic and psychological constraints on U.S. action stemming from the new American ...
