HIS 2342 Lecture Notes - Nationalism, Mutual And Balanced Force Reductions, Anschluss
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Life on the ground dull": 1970s d tente influenced by ostpolitik number of dialogues between us/ussr and rest of europe, salt i and salt ii (strategic arms limitations talks, b/w nixon and brezhnev, 1972 ii: continues till the end of the 70s b/w carter and brezhnev, limit the number of actual nuclear warheads, never ratified by congress two europe specific dialogues: Europe helsinki accords : begin jan 1973 held in helsinki, finland, desired a recognition of the status quo in europe; a formal recognition of eastern europe and its boundaries, august 1 1975 the final act of the csce is agreed upon. Charter 77: creation of a climate of political security in europe, opened up eastern and western blocs, long term result of a greater understanding b/w east and west, opened east to certain parts of western culture which had been forbidden (blue jeans, rock music, allowed for a relaxation from military escalation;
