Richard nixon and henry kissinger had an unconventional approach to the cold war through the policy of détente, which increased tensions between the united states and the soviet union

It increase the tension in The Soviet Union. The cold war is the term for tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States between 1945 & 1989. The Cuban Missile Crisis is the event brought the United States and the Soviets to the brink of nuclear war.

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