Difference between revisions of "Détente"
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| − | '''Détente''' is a French-language political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" of previously hostile relations. It most recently applied to the policy of ending the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and the between the U.S. and [[China]], as promoted 1969-79 by presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]]. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their [[Afghanistan War|invasion of prevously neutral Afghanistan in 1979]]. Nixon, however, achieved a détente with China in 1972 that continues today. The key advisor and proponent of détente was [[Henry Kissinger]]. | + | <nowiki>'''Détente''' is a French-language political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" of previously hostile relations. It most recently applied to the policy of ending the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and the between the U.S. and [[China]], as promoted 1969-79 by presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]]. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their [[Afghanistan War|invasion of prevously neutral Afghanistan in 1979]]. Nixon, however, achieved a détente with China in 1972 that continues today. The key advisor and proponent of détente was [[Henry Kissinger]]. |
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Revision as of 21:52, January 3, 2012
'''Détente''' is a French-language political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" of previously hostile relations. It most recently applied to the policy of ending the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and the between the U.S. and [[China]], as promoted 1969-79 by presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]]. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their [[Afghanistan War|invasion of prevously neutral Afghanistan in 1979]]. Nixon, however, achieved a détente with China in 1972 that continues today. The key advisor and proponent of détente was [[Henry Kissinger]]. ==See also== * [[Cold War]] * [[Containment]] * [[Henry Kissinger]] * [[Richard Nixon]] * [[Rollback]] ==Further reading== * Garthoff, Raymond L. ''Detente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan'' (1994), by a supporter of detente. [http://www.amazon.com/Detente-Confrontation-American-Soviet-Relations-Reagan/dp/081573042X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249269543&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] * Suri, Jeremi. ''Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Protest-Global-Revolution-Detente/dp/0674017633/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1249269446&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Political Terms]] [[Category:Cold War]] [[category:diplomacy]]