Détente: Limitations and Criticisms
Students explore the inherent limitations and criticisms of Détente, leading to its eventual breakdown.
Key Questions
- Critique whether Détente represented a genuine peace or merely a strategic pause in the Cold War.
- Analyze how proxy conflicts continued despite superpower efforts at cooperation.
- Explain the reasons for growing disillusionment with Détente in both the USA and USSR.
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