The Rise and Fall of Detente by Jussi M. Hanhimaki PAPERBACK 9781597970761

The Rise and Fall of DtenteAmerican Foreign Policy and the Transformation of the Cold War\nAuthor(s): Jussi M. Hanhimaki\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597970761, 978-1597970761\nSynopsis\nIn keeping with the other titles in Robert J. McMahon's Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations series, Jussi M. Hanhimki offers students and scholars a survey of the evolution of American foreign policy during a key period in recent history, the era of superpower dtente and global transformation in the 1960s and 1970s. Describing dtente as not only an era but also a strategy of waging the Cold War, Hanhimki examines the reasons that led to the rise of dtente, explores the highlights of the era's reduced East-West tensions, and explains the causes of dtente's demise.\n\nHe addresses many questions: What were the long-term and short-term causes of dtente? Was it a policy \""invented\"" in the United States or adopte.