"We have to find a way to live on the same planet, even though our differences are profound." — Henry Kissinger, 1972
The diplomatic strategy depicted is best characterized as which approach?
- A
Massive retaliation: deterrence through threat of nuclear strike
- B
Liberation: actively rolling back communist governments
- C
Brinkmanship: pushing crises to the edge of war
- Dcheck_circle
Detente: easing Cold War tensions through arms control and exploiting the Sino-Soviet split
Explanation
Detente, championed by Nixon and Kissinger, sought to manage rather than win the Cold War. The opening to China leveraged the Sino-Soviet split and pressured Moscow into SALT I and the ABM Treaty in 1972.