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The period of Detente which occured post Cuban missile criss was perhaps the first step toward peaceful co-existence between the Soviets and Americans. Which American President was most responsible for establishing it?

2007-03-15 04:59:02 · 2 answers · asked by Machine 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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Détente negotiations began during the Nixon presidency. But the person who truly established it was not a U.S. president; the credit should probably go to Willy Brandt, Chancellor of West Germany in 1969-1974. Détente was in many respects a U.S. reaction to the general warming up in the East-West relations, which Brandt spearheaded...

2007-03-15 05:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 1 0

President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

2007-03-15 06:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0 0

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