Difference between revisions of "Détente"
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(The first detente or "thawing" led to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.) |
(non-detent: The period between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as Soviet leader in 1985) |
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easing of the [[Cold War]] tension between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. | easing of the [[Cold War]] tension between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
| − | The first detente or "thawing" led to the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]. | + | The first detente or "thawing" led to the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]. <ref>The period between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as Soviet leader in 1985 was characterized by a marked "freeze" in relations between the superpowers after the "thaw" of the Détente period of the 1970s. [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cold_War#Thaw_and_D.C3.A9tente.2C_1962-1979] </ref> |
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Revision as of 23:25, August 28, 2007
A French political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" commonly applied to a hoped-for easing of the Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The first detente or "thawing" led to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [1]