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DETENTE CAUSES - Coggle Diagram
DETENTE CAUSES
US HOPES FROM DÉTENTE
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Expose Communist Bloc (esp. GDR) to capitalist influence to undermine Communism and create public revolt
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CONTEXT FOR DÉTENTE
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VIETNAM
Watergate and botched 'peace with honour' had lowered US prestige as 'world policeman' - used covert operations rather than project own power
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PRC-US RAPPROCHEMENT
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US used to ensure non-intervention in Vietnam, possible persuasion to negotiate etc
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CONCLUSIONS
due to the decreased respect for US global containment strategy and role as 'world policeman', the US attempted to rebuild its reputation through the covert intervention and diplomacy of détente
USSR sought to stabilise its staggering economy and political control over its citizens by increasing trade with the West and decreasing nuclear tensions in parity with the US, hoping to benefit from its technologies and the security of decreased tension to stabilise the Soviet Union
The global push for nuclear disarmament made détente politically wise for US and USSR, and economically wise as the costs of war and nuclear technology slowed temporarily