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Nikita Khrushchev
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became dominant leader of Soviet Union after Stalin died
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Sovit Union replacement in 1964
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John F. Kennedy
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the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Lyndon Johnson
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president after Kennedy was assassinated. increased U.S involvement in the Vietnam War
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detente
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a policy of lessening Cold Worlds tensions. replaced brinkmanship under Nixon
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Richard Nixon
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first president to visit Communist China
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SALT
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meetings called Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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Ronald Reagan
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took office in 1981. moved away from Detente. Announced Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
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