The Détente Debate

Authors

Frederick H. Hartmann

Abstract

If the debate over foreign policy today has a focus, it is detente, But that focus remains blurred, chiefly because there is little agreement on what detente means, To some it is a Soviet formula designed to lull the United States into a relaxed defense mode, while the Soviets pull ahead in weapons. Others see it as an expression of accommodation in a nuclear-warhead-saturated age, as a mutual superpower recognition of the futility of trying to settle disputes with weapons.

Recommended Citation

Hartmann, Frederick H. (1977) "The Détente Debate," Naval War College Review: Vol. 30: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol30/iss3/5