{"id":5865,"date":"2025-04-08T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2025-03-15T20:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:02:05","slug":"evaluate-the-causes-for-and-significance-of-the-policy-of-detente-between-the-us-and-ussr-between-1971-and-1979-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/evaluate-the-causes-for-and-significance-of-the-policy-of-detente-between-the-us-and-ussr-between-1971-and-1979-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Evaluate the causes for, and significance of, the policy of detente between the US and USSR between 1971 and 1979&#8221; &#8211; Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/russel-tarr\/episodes\/US-USSR-Dtente-Causes-and-Significance--1971-1979-e307554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The podcast<\/a><\/strong> cover the following factors:<br \/>Economic > the financial benefits of reducing arms expenditure for a US drained by the Vietnam War and for a USSR that faced a stalled economy and weak satellite states.<br \/>Military > both countries were deeply aware of their nuclear capabilities (MAD: mutually assured destruction), and having achieved parity, were more prepared to discuss arms limitation.<br \/>Politically > (a) the US potential gain from the Sino\u2013Soviet split by fostering separate relationships with both countries whilst driving them further apart;<br \/>Politically > (b) the Soviet wish to secure American recognition of the post-war borders of its satellite states;<br \/>Politically > (c) the impact of Ostpolitik which had relaxed tension in Europe and encouraged trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The podcast cover the following factors:Economic > the financial benefits of reducing arms expenditure for a US drained by the Vietnam War and for a USSR that faced a stalled economy and weak satellite states.Military > both countries were deeply aware of their nuclear capabilities (MAD: mutually assured destruction), and having achieved parity, were more&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/evaluate-the-causes-for-and-significance-of-the-policy-of-detente-between-the-us-and-ussr-between-1971-and-1979-podcast\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5868,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/the-end-of-the-cold-war-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":5865,"position":0},"title":"The end of the Cold War: Podcast","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"April 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This podcast primarily explores the reforms initiated by\u00a0Mikhail Gorbachev\u00a0within the Soviet Union and the multifaceted factors contributing to the\u00a0end of the Cold War. 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