History A-Level
Détente
What Détente means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A shift in relations that the crisis led towards, as both superpowers recognised the reality of Mutually Assured Destruction.
A relaxation of Cold War tensions up to 1979, driven by mutual economic and strategic needs.
Topics that use Détente
- 2R The Cold War, c1945–1991 – The Brezhnev era, 1972–1985 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2R The Cold War, c1945–1991 – The Global War, 1955–1963 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Covert operations
- Ideological expansionism
- Ostpolitik
- Superpower hegemony
- Triangular diplomacy
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Quarantine
- SALT
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