THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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sponsor free elections in North and South Korea
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reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
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negotiate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict
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build support for recognition of the Nationalist government of Taiwan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term is often used to refer to a period of general easing of the geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. It began in 1969, as a core element of the foreign policy of U.S. President Richard Nixon, in an effort to avoid nuclear escalation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal of détente (the easing of tensions between nations) was to continue to resist and deter Soviet adventurism while striving for “more constructive relations” with the Communist world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Détente, French for “relaxation, ” is “a process of managing relations with a potentially hostile country in order to preserve peace while maintaining our vital interests, ” Henry Kissinger, then U.S. secretary of state, told a Congressional committee in 1974, while warning that such a relationship faces “sharp limits.”
Detailed explanation-4: -détente, period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaties.