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1 online resource |
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Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace |
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Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Khenry and Anatol -- Precedents and back-channel games, 1968-1970 -- At a crossroads: Cienfuegos, SALT, and Germany-Berlin -- Playing a game, finding a lever: back channels and Sino-American rapprochement -- Divergent channels: a watershed on the subcontinent -- Vietnam in U.S.-Soviet back channels, November 1971-April 1972 -- Cancellation crises -- Conclusion: at the summit, achieving détente |
| Summary |
The changing international environment of the 1960s made it possible to attain détente, 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 détente |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 10, 2017) |
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Influence
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Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023 -- Influence
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Kissinger, Henry, 1923- |
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 |
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Detente.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Detente
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Diplomatic relations
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974.
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Soviet Union
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813167886 |
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0813167884 |
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9780813167893 |
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0813167892 |
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9780813167909 |
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0813167906 |
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