Detente

EASING OF TENSION 

Detente was practical for both countries 

• 1960's held a lot of crises damaging for both countries 
• Boosting military power hadn reduced tensions 
• Theywere spending huge amounts of money on the arms race which was leading to falling standards of living 

SALT 1 1972

• by USA and USSR 
• limited the number of ABMs each county could have and placed a…