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Term Paper Title	Nixons Program Of Detente Was The Reason For The Decline Of
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Nixon's Program of Detente was the Reason for the Decline of
World Conflict in the 1970's

I. Introduction
     1.China & Russia
         a.Communists powers, threat to world
         b.Arms race
         c.Threat to each other
         d. Could pressure N.Korea into peace
            2.Nixon's program of detente was the reason for decline in world conflict in the
        1970's
II. Reasons supporting
     1.Nixon improved Commie's general attitude towards U.S.& vice versa
        a.initiated trade
        b.improved relations between China and Russia
        c.Halt to China's isolationism
     2.Arms race drastically declined by detente
        a. Countries had mass weapons
        b.ABM, SALT
     3.Detente essentially ended the Vietnam conflict
        a.With improved relations, attack on Vietnam did not spark Russian attack
II&1/2. Transition
III. Reasons opposing
     1.Nixon's attempt at detente added to the communist threat
        a. Lost North Vietnam to communism
        b. by establishing trade he improved Russia\china economy
     2.It was later administrations that fully ended the Chinese/Russian threat
        a.Ford & later administrations fulfilled detente
        b.Reagan's cooperation with Gorbechev ended cold war
        c.Glastnost/Parestroika tore communism to pieces, ending Soviet threat
     3.There was no real threat of a Chinese/Russian conflict
        a.Cold War created to boost National spirit/ economy
        b.USSR economy in shambles/ not capable of war
        c.Both sides knew they couldn't use "nukes"

IV. Conclusion
     1.US and Russia/China became significantly less of an enemy to each other &US
        a.Nixon represented US positively to USSR sparking Glastnost/Parestrioka
        b.Brought China out of isolationism (less biochem. weapons)
     2.Nixons program of detente was the reason for a decline of world conflict

     During the 1950's and 60's a wave of terror swept the nation.  The invention of the
atomic bomb rung in a new era of warfare and defense strategies.  If there ever were a
nuclear war the loser would not be determined by whoever surrendered first.  The loser
would be considered whoever was left alive.  The governments of the U.S. and Russia
started a massive arms race.  Americans made efforts to ensure their survival.  Our children
were taught to crouch in a corner and put their heads between their legs, and families
across the nation constructed bomb shelters capable of sustaining life for up to a year or
longer (the effectiveness of which is still in question).  At times it seemed that it was ...

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