Détente (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Détente meaning
Détente meaning
Easing of US-Soviet tensions, late 1960s-70s
Brezhnev Doctrine
Brezhnev Doctrine
USSR right to use force to maintain communist rule
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goal
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goal
Limit nuclear weapons to 5 existing powers
ABM Treaty purpose
ABM Treaty purpose
Ban defensive missiles to maintain mutual vulnerability
Helsinki Final Act year
Helsinki Final Act year
1975
Vietnamisation policy
Vietnamisation policy
Turning Vietnam fighting over to South Vietnamese
Nixon's China visit
Nixon's China visit
February 1972
Triangulation
Triangulation
Playing communist powers against each other for leverage
Yom Kippur War start
Yom Kippur War start
6 October 1973
What ended détente
What ended détente
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979