Compare the Nixon Administration's Efforts to Ease Cold War Tensions

question 40

Essay

Compare the Nixon administration's efforts to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China and to end the war in Vietnam. What do you think accounts for the different approaches used?

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