Henry Kissinger
It was good a good and sound policy. it allowed American tensions between American and the Soviet Union to be decreased.
There were two different leaders during that time. Nikita Khruschev was leader when Nixon became president in 1969. He died in 1971 and was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev, who was there for the rest of Nixon's term.
President Richard Nixon ended the detente with the soviets
Henry Kissinger
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.
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."
Ford continued Richard Nixon's policy of detente, while Carter focused on human rights.
detente
Brinksmanship increased tensions, and eventually caused war. Nixon took office during war, and switched to detente.
Detente' is actually a form of peaceful coexistence. It was pursued by all the US presidents after the death of Stalin. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was a proponent of this policy as well.
Like all US presidents, Nixon tried to run the system in the interests of the capitalist class.
Detente
Detente
It was good a good and sound policy. it allowed American tensions between American and the Soviet Union to be decreased.
There were two different leaders during that time. Nikita Khruschev was leader when Nixon became president in 1969. He died in 1971 and was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev, who was there for the rest of Nixon's term.
Nixon
President Richard Nixon ended the detente with the soviets