Nixon
They were an attempt to limit the supply of nuclear weapons each country owned.
Strategically Hitler wanted Soviet Union/Russia as German colony, provider of food and raw materials as well as "living space" for German people, while considering Russian people inferior to Germans. He also wanted defeat Soviet Union as stronghold of communism, since Nazi ideology was violently anticommunist. Tactically in 1940 Hitler was annoyed by Soviet Union ambitions in Europe, and he fought that defeat of Soviet Union would convince Great Britain's to start peace talks. Arguing that Great Britain doesn't surrender because it's trying to play Soviet Union against Germany, he decided to destroy Soviet Union, but was defeated by Russian resistance.
détente
The Soviet Union was a ruthless expansionist empire, as shown both by its actions, in overrunning Eastern Europe, and its statements, such as, most famously, that of Nikita Kruschev who said "we will bury you" in a UN speech (not very diplomatic of him). The USSR was also very heavily armed with both conventional and nuclear weapons. As a result, US policy was shaped by fear.
The United States decided against ratifying SALT II after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
Nixon wanted improvement in relations.
They were an attempt to limit the supply of nuclear weapons each country owned.
SALT was a period of two talks between the United States and the Soviet Union on armaments control.
President Nixon's stance toward the Soviet Union in 1969 was one of diplomacy. He negotiated a missile treaty with them and to negotiate nuclear peace. He sought to end the Cold War.
To put pressure on the Soviet Union (apex)
Strategically Hitler wanted Soviet Union/Russia as German colony, provider of food and raw materials as well as "living space" for German people, while considering Russian people inferior to Germans. He also wanted defeat Soviet Union as stronghold of communism, since Nazi ideology was violently anticommunist. Tactically in 1940 Hitler was annoyed by Soviet Union ambitions in Europe, and he fought that defeat of Soviet Union would convince Great Britain's to start peace talks. Arguing that Great Britain doesn't surrender because it's trying to play Soviet Union against Germany, he decided to destroy Soviet Union, but was defeated by Russian resistance.
détente
SALT II was a treatise between USA and USSR never ratified by USA.
President Nixon and other American officials met with leaders in the Soviet Union to participate in talks on US-Soviet relations; the Orioles beat the Red Sox 9-2; and Frank Sinatra performed in Tokyo.
The Soviet Union was a ruthless expansionist empire, as shown both by its actions, in overrunning Eastern Europe, and its statements, such as, most famously, that of Nikita Kruschev who said "we will bury you" in a UN speech (not very diplomatic of him). The USSR was also very heavily armed with both conventional and nuclear weapons. As a result, US policy was shaped by fear.
The United States decided against ratifying SALT II after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
The Soviets shot down a U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers inside the Soviet Union. The crisis disrupted talks between Eisenhower and Kruchev,