How would you describe Nixon and Kissinger's policy of detente?

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Sim W.
Jul 5, 2017

It was aimed at appeasing tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union

Explanation:

Détente was aimed at promoting dialogue and peaceful talk between the USSR and the USA instead of violent confrontation. In 1975 the Helsinki agreement marked the climax of that period. It ended with the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union to protect the pro-communist government threatened by US-backed Islamist terrorist organizations.

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