Why The Detente Didn t End The Cold War - 2437 Words

Glory-Lieb Tetuh Professor Givens History 3-315 Leonid Brezhnev Vs. Mikhail Gorbachev Why the dà ©tente didn’t end the cold war The cold war, which lasted from approximately 1947- 1991, was a state of political and military tension between the powers of the western and the eastern bloc- as championed by the United States and the Soviet Union. During the period of the seventies through the early eighties, the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Brezhnev entered into a period of dà ©tente- the easing of hostilities and strained relations- with the United States. In comparison to Khrushchev’s policies of near brinksmanship, one can say that Brezhnev pursued a more peaceful foreign policy. During this period, hostilities between both powers began to diminish and peace long hoped for was close to being realized. However, Brezhnev’s policies were not enough to guarantee peace and in the period of 1979-85, the second phase of the cold war started. It wasn’t until the advent of the Gorbachev government in 1985 that peace talks were resumed and policies that truly ended the cold war were implemented. This paper will seek to explore the USSR’s foreign policies under Khrushchev and Gorbachev, while seeking to understand why the period of the dà ©tente did not lead to the end of the cold war. Why was the Gorbachev administration was so successful in guaranteeing peace, where the Brezhnev administration was not? To understand the answer to this question, one first has to explore the foreignShow MoreRelatedTravel Of The Travel Nursing Industry7670 Words   |  31 Pageswas supposed to have been killed in a plane crash...these travels cause all sorts of problems in the present, when he can t explain where he has been during these strange disappearances to his family, friends and to those he works with the stress he feels causes even more problems when he has to try to make his friends and wife understand, how can he do that when he doesn t understand himself what is going on ..... And then it gets even more complicated with this new reunion with that old girlfriend