The plan of detente was to move away from open hostility (the Cold War) and improve relationships between the US and communist countries such as the USSR and China.
President Richard Nixon ended the detente with the soviets
Henry Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Nixon was trying to achieve detente with USSR and China. He offered them concessions if they would persuade Hanoi to end the Vietnam war.
President Nixon had to pay a certain amount of money ($2.3million) in order to get the soviet union off his nuts
a balance of power
Nixon
President Richard Nixon ended the detente with the soviets
Henry Kissinger
detente did not happen presidency of Nixon
ABM and SALT
it mad him mad
Jimmy Carter
The policy of detente, also known as the Nixon Doctrine, was created to relax tensions between the 2 superpowers, The Soviet Union and the United States. Detente is a spanish word meaning "relaxation of tensions."
Nixon was trying to achieve detente with USSR and China. He offered them concessions if they would persuade Hanoi to end the Vietnam war.
Brinksmanship increased tensions, and eventually caused war. Nixon took office during war, and switched to detente.
President Nixon had to pay a certain amount of money ($2.3million) in order to get the soviet union off his nuts