History GCSE
Détente
What Détente means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Détente
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A period of eased tension between the superpowers that followed the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Topics that use Détente
- Option P4: Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958–70 - 3 Reaction to crisis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Arms control
- Hotline
- Ideological division
- Ideological divisions
- Superpower relations
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- The role of the United Nations
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