Development of the Idea of Detente

Since the early 1950s, there has been agreement in the US concerning the desirability of improving relations with the Soviet Union. Policymakers have often disagreed, however, about how to implement policy and this book looks at the policy of individual administrations.

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Detente - context and theory; the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administration and the origins of detente; the Nixon and Ford administrations and the unfolding of detente; the Carter adminstration and the demise of detent; the Reagan adminstration and the renaissance of detente; detente - trends and lessons.