The Death of Detente?

AUTHOR EXAMINES DETENTE, QUESTIONING WHETHER THE USSR SAW IT AS A DECEPTIVE STRATEGY TO SEDUCE THE WEST INTO COMPLACENCY; WHETHER IT WAS A WILLING SELF-DECEPTION ON THE PART OF THE US; OR PERHAPS WHETHER SOME REAL ELEMENT OF COOPERATION AND CONSTRAINT WAS INVOLVED. THE ARTICLE TRACES THE STRATEGY FR...

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Published in:International security 1980-07, Vol.5 (1), p.3-25
Main Author: Simes, Dimitri K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afghanistan
After Afghanistan
Bilateralism
CONFLICT
Detente
Foreign policy
Foreign relations
International agreements
PERCEPTION AND COGNITION
Rapprochement
SECURITY
Soviet intervention, 1979-89
Soviet Union
STRATEGY
Superpowers
SUPERPOWERS, SUPERPOWER RELATIONS
Third World
Unilateralism
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
United States
United States history
Warnings
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Summary:AUTHOR EXAMINES DETENTE, QUESTIONING WHETHER THE USSR SAW IT AS A DECEPTIVE STRATEGY TO SEDUCE THE WEST INTO COMPLACENCY; WHETHER IT WAS A WILLING SELF-DECEPTION ON THE PART OF THE US; OR PERHAPS WHETHER SOME REAL ELEMENT OF COOPERATION AND CONSTRAINT WAS INVOLVED. THE ARTICLE TRACES THE STRATEGY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN THE EARLY 70'S; EXAMINES US ACTIONS THAT DISTURBED THE SOVIETS; AND LOOKS AT FUTURE.
ISSN:0162-2889
1531-4804
DOI:10.2307/2538471