Impact of Vietnam on US Policy
- failure greatly affected future US policies towards communist states
- after war → US tried to improve relations with communist world
Detente with USSR
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US sought greater understanding with USSR in this period → known as Detente (reduction of tension)
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1972 → US and USSR signed Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty to reduce nuclear weapons
- this was result of series of successful bilateral negotiations known as strategic arms limitation talks
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in 1975 → 2 parties met again in Helsinki, Finland → to discuss borders and human rights
- at same time → US ended its block on the issue of China’s representation at UN and Nixon made visits to China to improve diplomatic relations