HIS344Y1 Lecture 14: Lecture 14.doc
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Cold war tensions were difficult to overcome each side saw the other as an enemy (superpower competition) Regional conflicts played a crucial role in hindering d tente. Nuclear parity was achieved at the end of the 1960s/early 1970s mad theory. Preoccupation of the united states with vietnam and the. The emergence of china as a super power: eventually the united states and ussr sit down to reduce the tension between their states. Preliminary steps to reduce tension (1950 and 1970) to reduce military competition also included economic, social, commercial interests. Americans hoped to initiate some economic relation/commercial exchanges. Above all, they hoped to bind the soviet union to accept the status quo (which was still on the american side). If the ussr were to agree to a d tente, the united states would share with them beneficial trade agreements. They hoped that the ussr would see more benefits in accepting the status quo rather than challenging it.
