Détente : the chance to end the cold war / Richard Crowder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowder, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.

Nixon, Richard M.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il ich, 1906-1982.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il ich.

Cold War--Diplomatic history.

Cold War.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 248 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2020.

Summary:

"Between 1968 and 1975, there was a subtle thawing of relations between East and West, for which Brezhnev coined the name Détente, and - perhaps - a chance to end the Cold War. The leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev, hoped to forge a new relationship between East and West. Yet, the greatest changes of the era took place outside the sphere of international diplomacy. The 1960s brought social collision across the world, from the anti-war protests in America to the student demonstrations on the streets of Paris, and Mao Tsetung's Red Guards in China. A new generation, whom advertising executives dubbed the baby-boomers, brought new attitudes to towards sex, gender, race, the environment and religion. In this book, Richard Crowder explores the years of Détente, and introduces us to the key players of the era, whose stories form the narrative of this book."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter One: Seeing Glory

Chapter Two: Time Ending

Chapter Three: Coming Darkness

Chapter Four: The Cock Crows

Chapter Five: Courage to Change

Chapter Six: The Topmost Branch

Chapter Seven: Hurting Each Other

Chapter Eight: Sweet Rain

Chapter Nine: Monster Rising

Chapter Ten: The Humiliated Men

Chapter Eleven: Awful Wisdom

Chapter Twelve: Horizon of Dreams

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350147973

1350147974

9781350147959

1350147958

OCLC:

1181840718