Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow [electronic resource] : Confidential Diplomacy and Détente /
Moss, Richard A.,author.
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
2016.
The changing international environment of the 1960s made it possible to attain détente, a relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Back-channel diplomacy - confidential contacts between the White House and the Kremlin, mainly between National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and the Soviet ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin-transformed that possibility into reality. This work argues that although back-channel diplomacy was useful in improving U.S.-Soviet relations in the short term by acting as a safety valve and giving policy-actors a personal stake in improved relations, it provided a weak foundation for long-term détente.
Specialized.
Previously issued in print: 2017.
The changing international environment of the 1960s made it possible to attain détente, a relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Back-channel diplomacy - confidential contacts between the White House and the Kremlin, mainly between National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and the Soviet ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin-transformed that possibility into reality. This work argues that although back-channel diplomacy was useful in improving U.S.-Soviet relations in the short term by acting as a safety valve and giving policy-actors a personal stake in improved relations, it provided a weak foundation for long-term détente.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Khenry and Anatol -- Precedents and back-channel games, 1968-1970 -- At a crossroads: Cienfuegos, SALT, and Germany-Berlin -- Playing a game, finding a lever: back channels and Sino-American rapprochement -- Divergent channels: a watershed on the subcontinent -- Vietnam in U.S.-Soviet back channels, November 1971-April 1972 -- Cancellation crises -- Conclusion: at the summit, achieving detente.
Description based on print version record.
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Detente.