Détente

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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]

References

  1. ↑ 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. [1]
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