Q7. In my opinion, I believe that it was a wise political decision when President Nixon visited Communist China and the Soviet Union. When President Nixon visited each country he did it for a reason and hoped that as a country we would benefit from it. In other words, Nixon went to better the United States of America along with our relations with other countries. This was especially important when it came to concerning China. We had already faced the hardships of fighting against the Soviet Union for so long, the last thing we needed was for China to be against us as well. When President Nixon had made the decision to visit both Communist China and the Soviet Union, he was not going to pick fights; instead, he went to better our relations in
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The brinksmanship that they had been involved in for so long created large amounts of fear throughout the world, especially when it came to the thought of the possibility of a nuclear war. There were several times where things could have gotten ugly very quickly over the course of their long brinksmanship. Finally, President Richard M. Nixon introduced the policy of Détente to the world. This new policy lessened the Cold War tensions and replaced the old brinksmanship. This new policy represented a personal shift for Nixon, as well as a political shift for the country and the rest of the world. Soon thereafter, Nixon would become the first United States President to visit Communist China. The idea to visit them made sense, he explained it this way, “We want the Chinese with us when we sit down and negotiate with the Russians”. This makes a lot of sense, the United States would be better off as allies rather than having another large communist …show more content…
Together they went to a series of meeting called the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, or in short, the SALT. During these meetings, Nixon and Brezhnev signed a treaty. This treaty would be a five-year agreement which limited to 1972 levels the number of intercontinental ballistic and submarine-launched missiles each country could have. Later, 33 other nations would join this agreement. After meeting with both Russia and China, tensions began to slowly drop, and the Cold War started to dissipate. In conclusion, I think it was a wise political move for Nixon to visit Communist China dn the Soviet Union because it helped when it came to the relations between the three countries. They had managed to accomplish some type of peace, and tensions began to drop. Things seemed that they would finally start to turn around after the visits Nixon had
The brinksmanship that they had been involved in for so long created large amounts of fear throughout the world, especially when it came to the thought of the possibility of a nuclear war. There were several times where things could have gotten ugly very quickly over the course of their long brinksmanship. Finally, President Richard M. Nixon introduced the policy of Détente to the world. This new policy lessened the Cold War tensions and replaced the old brinksmanship. This new policy represented a personal shift for Nixon, as well as a political shift for the country and the rest of the world. Soon thereafter, Nixon would become the first United States President to visit Communist China. The idea to visit them made sense, he explained it this way, “We want the Chinese with us when we sit down and negotiate with the Russians”. This makes a lot of sense, the United States would be better off as allies rather than having another large communist …show more content…
Together they went to a series of meeting called the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, or in short, the SALT. During these meetings, Nixon and Brezhnev signed a treaty. This treaty would be a five-year agreement which limited to 1972 levels the number of intercontinental ballistic and submarine-launched missiles each country could have. Later, 33 other nations would join this agreement. After meeting with both Russia and China, tensions began to slowly drop, and the Cold War started to dissipate. In conclusion, I think it was a wise political move for Nixon to visit Communist China dn the Soviet Union because it helped when it came to the relations between the three countries. They had managed to accomplish some type of peace, and tensions began to drop. Things seemed that they would finally start to turn around after the visits Nixon had