Détente - Definition, Policy & Cold War

Détente (a French word meaning release from tension) is the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1969 and took decisive form in 1972 when President Richard Nixon visited Secretary General of the Soviet Communist party Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow.
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Absolutely fantastic resource for teaching the Cold War, Detente, Nixon Administration and Brezhnev. Very well-researched resource which uses rare

Cold War: Detente

Absolutely fantastic resource for teaching the Cold War, Detente, Nixon Administration and Brezhnev. Very well-researched resource which uses rare

Cold War: Detente

PDF) THE DETENTE Question : Did the Détente represent a fundamental change in American post-war foreign policy

Changing Cold War relations - Detente

PDF) The Domestic Sources of Détente: State-Society Relations and Foreign Policy Change during the Cold War

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Successes and Failures of Détente in the Cold War

Repetitions of Tensions and Detente During the Cold War – TRANSATLANTIC HISTORY

Officials Around the World Praise Kissinger, Father Of Soviet Détente