Contesting détente : European challenge to the Yalta order in the late 1960s
Year: 2020

This master’s thesis analyzes the tensions and anxieties that surrounded the term “détente,” particularly when it came to European affairs, in the late 1960s. It argues that during the last years of the 1960s, 1966-1969, different approaches to détente clashed and influenced each other to create a certain ambiguous atmosphere within the European space, which formed the overall understanding of Europe’s future at the time; Prague Spring, the ultimate geopolitical crisis of the time, was formed an