Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow : Confidential Diplomacy and Détente /

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The changing international environment of the 1960s made it possible to attain detente, a relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Back-channel diplomacy - confidential contacts between the White House and the Kremlin, mainly between National Security Advisor Henry Kiss...

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Main Author: Moss, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Kissinger, Henry, > 1923-
Kissinger, Henry, > 1923- > Influence.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Diplomatic relations.
Detente.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Detente (Politique)
United States.
Soviet Union.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1969-1974.
URSS > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > URSS.
United States > Foreign relations > 1969-1974.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The changing international environment of the 1960s made it possible to attain detente, a relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Back-channel diplomacy - confidential contacts between the White House and the Kremlin, mainly between National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and the Soviet ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin-transformed that possibility into reality. This work argues that although back-channel diplomacy was useful in improving U.S.-Soviet relations in the short term by acting as a safety valve and giving policy-actors a personal stake in improved relations, it provided a weak foundation for long-term detente.
Physical Description:1 online resource (418 pages).
ISBN:9780813167886

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