Book contents
- The Revolution that Failed
- The Revolution that Failed
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Nuclear Revolution Revisited
- 2 The Delicacy of the Nuclear Balance
- 3 Comparative Constitutional Fitness
- 4 Testing the Argument against Its Competitors
- 5 Nixon and the Origins of Renewed Nuclear Competition, 1969–1971
- 6 Nixon, Ford, and Accelerating Nuclear Competition, 1971–1976
- 7 The Rise of Nuclear Warfighting, 1972–1976
- 8 Carter and the Climax of the Arms Race, 1977–1979
- 9 The Revolution that Failed
- Index
6 - Nixon, Ford, and Accelerating Nuclear Competition, 1971–1976
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2020
- The Revolution that Failed
- The Revolution that Failed
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Nuclear Revolution Revisited
- 2 The Delicacy of the Nuclear Balance
- 3 Comparative Constitutional Fitness
- 4 Testing the Argument against Its Competitors
- 5 Nixon and the Origins of Renewed Nuclear Competition, 1969–1971
- 6 Nixon, Ford, and Accelerating Nuclear Competition, 1971–1976
- 7 The Rise of Nuclear Warfighting, 1972–1976
- 8 Carter and the Climax of the Arms Race, 1977–1979
- 9 The Revolution that Failed
- Index
Summary
The arms control bargain of May 20, 1971, transformed the international and domestic context of American foreign policy. Internationally, it was the first sign of progress in Nixon’s promised “era of negotiations,” and it laid the foundations for what became known as the strategy of détente. Other such progress followed quickly, including Washington’s opening to China, the normalization of the status of Germany and Berlin, and the end of the Vietnam War. And of course, Nixon ultimately visited Moscow for a major summit during May and June 1972, when the ABM treaty and SALT I interim agreement were signed, numerous other smaller cooperative endeavors launched, and the ritual superpower consultations that characterized détente begun.
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- The Revolution that FailedNuclear Competition, Arms Control, and the Cold War, pp. 121 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020