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'''Détente''' is a [[French]] political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" commonly applied to a hoped-for
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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]], [[Germls 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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easing of the [[Cold War]] tension between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
 
  
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The first detente or "thawing" led to the [[Afghanistan War|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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==See also==
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* [[Henry Kissinger]]
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* [[Richard Nixon]]
  
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Many naive analysts, as well as ideologically driven partisans, advocated detente as an end in itself, as if cordial relations could replace justice or victory. The [[Cold War]] was won when Reagan outspent the Soviet military and Gorbachev support authentic democratization.
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==Further reading==
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* 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]
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* 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==

Revision as of 03:21, August 3, 2009

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, Germls Ford and Jimmy Carter. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their 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

Further reading

  • Garthoff, Raymond L. Detente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan (1994), by a supporter of detente. excerpt and text search
  • Suri, Jeremi. Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente (2005) excerpt and text search

References

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