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Detente, Key Events - Coggle Diagram
Detente
Causes
Desire to avoid nuclear conflict
Need for strategic stability
Economic strains in both superpowers
Berlin & Cuba crises
Outcomes
Limitations on nuclear weapons
Temporary easing of US-Soviet tensions
Foundations for future arms control agreements
People
Richard Nixon
Viktor Sukhodrev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon's visit to China (1972)
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I & II)
Definition
Period of tension between the US and USSR
Occured from 1969 - 1979
Key Events