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Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971
United States. Department of State
出版
U.S. Government Printing Office
, 2011
主題
History / Europe / Germany
History / Russia / General
History / United States / 20th Century
History / Modern / 20th Century / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy
ISBN
0160791367
9780160791369
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=F2NUNVJMEKQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
This volume continues the practice established in the previous Foreign Relations volume on U.S.-Soviet relations and focuses on the relationship in the global context, highlighting the conflicts and collaboration between the two superpowers on foreign policy issues from October 1970 to October 1971. Beginning with the confrontation over the construction of a Soviet military base in Cuba, the volume documents the development of the Nixon administration's policy of détente and the crucial role of the private channel between Henry Kissinger, the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The backchannel was key to making progress on the most problematic issues in U.S.-Soviet relations: Berlin, the war in Indochina, strategic arms limitation talks, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union, and trade. It also allowed the two nations to avoid conflict and to cooperate on managing crises around the world, such as the Middle East dispute and the Indo-Pakistani conflict. The volume also includes documentation on the internal and bilateral negotiations for the timing of a visit by Nixon to the Soviet Union and ends with the public announcement in October 1971 of the May 1972 summit between Nixon and Brezhnev, the first U.S.-Soviet summit since 1967. The era of détente and cooperation between the superpowers had begun