THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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reduced tensions with the Soviet Union and signed treaties to limit nuclear weapons.
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increased tensions with the Soviet Union and increased spending on weapons technology.
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reduced tensions with the Soviet Union and both Presidents signing the Camp David Accords.
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increased tensions with the Soviet Union and China both threatening to declare war on the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The Nixon administration promoted greater dialogue with the Soviet government, including regular summit meetings and negotiations over arms control and other bilateral agreements.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Relations cooled again with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nixon presidency began at the height of Cold War tensions. By developing and implementing concurrent strategies of triangulation and détente, President Nixon successfully eased tensions between superpowers and achieved the first strategic arms control agreements with the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.”