detente (jan 1, 1969 – jan 1, 1974)
Description:
This was the foreign policy used by Nixon to ease cold war tensions by opening diplomatic relations with China and therefore, creating a fracture in China's relations with the USSR. This made the USSR uneasy, and in turn opened the door for a detent in relations between the USSR and the U.S.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1969
jan 1, 1974
~ 5 years