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'''Détente''' is a French-language political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" of previously hostile relations. It most recently applied to the policy of ending the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and the between the U.S. and [[China]], as promoted 1969-79 by presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]]. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their [[Afghanistan War|invasion of prevously neutral Afghanistan in 1979]]. Nixon, however, achieved a détente with China in 1972 that continues today.  The key advisor and proponent of détente was [[Henry Kissinger]].
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<nowiki>'''Détente''' is a French-language political term meaning "relaxing" or "easing" of previously hostile relations. It most recently applied to the policy of ending the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and the between the U.S. and [[China]], as promoted 1969-79 by presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Jimmy Carter]]. The Russians rejected the détente by their escalation of tensions in the Third World, and especially their [[Afghanistan War|invasion of prevously neutral Afghanistan in 1979]]. Nixon, however, achieved a détente with China in 1972 that continues today.  The key advisor and proponent of détente was [[Henry Kissinger]].
    
==See also==
 
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[[Category:Political Terms]]
 
[[Category:Political Terms]]
 
[[Category:Cold War]]
 
[[Category:Cold War]]
[[category:diplomacy]]
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