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Outline the circumstances leading to Detente.

  • UPSC 2016
  • The World after World War II

Détente — a French term for the relaxation of tensions — describes the shift from confrontational Cold War to negotiated coexistence between roughly 1962 and 1979.

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  • Fear of Nuclear War After the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • The Economic and Political Costs of Confrontation
  • Diplomatic Realignments Creating Space for Détente
  • The Diplomatic Culmination

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