Review of Soviet/Chinese relations from Mao/Stalin. |
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Detente PPT: Covers period following Cuban Missile Crisis until the beginnings of the "Second Cold War" that begins with Reagan. |
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Documents from Office of the Historian
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helsinki_final_act_1975.pdf |
The success of the era of detente was due in large part to a willingness to avoid the crises of the early Cold War (Berlin Blockade, Berlin Crisis, East German Uprising, Hungarian Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis, etc.)
Only a hard-line anti-Communist like Nixon could have successfully ventured into rapprochement with China and the Soviets.
While agreements and rapprochement occurred during detente, relations were not significantly improved.