THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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set out to improve relations with China’s communist government
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announced his policy of New Federalism
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signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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attended an American-Soviet summit
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Detailed explanation-1: -Détente was a period in which Cold War tensions eased between the Soviet Union and the United States from the late 1960s to 1979. Détente was characterized by warm personal relationships between US president Richard Nixon (1969–1974) and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982).
Detailed explanation-2: -President Richard Nixon’s policy sought on détente with both nations, which were hostile to the U.S. and to each other. He moved away from the traditional American policy of containment of Communism, hoping each side would seek American favor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nixon’s handling of the Soviet Union and China ushered in a new chapter in the Cold War. Known as détente, the new era was one of relaxed tensions and cooperation between the world’s superpowers. By playing one communist power against another, Nixon had created a balance of power among the world’s strongest countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.