Detente - The Search for Peace Flashcards

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What was détente?

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After the Cuban missile crisis, the move to improve relations and relax tension between the USSR and the USA was known as détente

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What was linkage?

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The idea that each side gain something like trade and give things up like reducing arms that could lead to the end of the war

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How did détente develop in the 1970’s (2)

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  • Helped them settle disputes over Vietnam

- European security conference - limited nuclear arms - 1972

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