Richard Nixon and Detente
-elected as the 37th President in 1968
-promised to end the Vietnam War
-pulled troops out but increasing bombing campaign
-implemented Vietnamization
-began policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
WATERGATE SCANDAL
-Republicans accused of a crime
-5 men trying to break into the Watergate hotel to place bugs (headquarters of democrats)
-investigation implicated Nixon in the cover up
-Nixon resigned in 1972 before he could be impeached
DETENTE
-a relaxation of tension between nuclear superpowers
-Henry Kissinger felt detente was just a new form of containment
-Nuclear Strategic Parity
-German for east politics
-West German leader Willy Brandt wanted to unite Germany
-wanted to improve the relations between the two
-families were separated by the wall and began to have different ideologies
-1972 a basic treaty was signed with East Germany
-accused of selling out to the communist East
-some saw it as another detente move
-promised to end the Vietnam War
-pulled troops out but increasing bombing campaign
-implemented Vietnamization
-began policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
WATERGATE SCANDAL
-Republicans accused of a crime
-5 men trying to break into the Watergate hotel to place bugs (headquarters of democrats)
-investigation implicated Nixon in the cover up
-Nixon resigned in 1972 before he could be impeached
DETENTE
-a relaxation of tension between nuclear superpowers
-Henry Kissinger felt detente was just a new form of containment
-Nuclear Strategic Parity
- wanted countries to have equal amounts of nuclear weapons
- didn't want any country to have an advantage
- Russians caught up the US in most military areas
- limit the spread of nuclear weapons
- signed by Johnson in 1968
- not signed by France and China
-German for east politics
-West German leader Willy Brandt wanted to unite Germany
-wanted to improve the relations between the two
-families were separated by the wall and began to have different ideologies
-1972 a basic treaty was signed with East Germany
-accused of selling out to the communist East
-some saw it as another detente move
Summary:
Nixon resigned in running in the 1972 election because people were caught trying to break into the democratic headquarters, making Nixon look bad. The US wanted detente because of nuclear and strategic parity, early success, and nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Nixon resigned in running in the 1972 election because people were caught trying to break into the democratic headquarters, making Nixon look bad. The US wanted detente because of nuclear and strategic parity, early success, and nuclear non-proliferation treaty.