... & SALT 2, Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty and START, effectively contained and managed the spread of Nuclear Weapons However, Détente was more than simply a process of containing and reducing nuclear weapons. It gave way to peaceful coexistence in the 1950's between U.S.S.R and the U.S, Ostpolitik in the late 1960's between the Federal Republic of Germany and the East Bloc, 70's Détente and Arms Control Agreement between East and West powers and the Sino-American Rapprochement in the 1970's. Although, nations still had nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, détente allowed the two superpowers coexist regardless of their differences. "Peaceful Coexistence" was initiated by the U.S.S.R in the 1950's and was first mentioned Khrushev secret speech in 1956. It called for peaceful coexistence with the West, destlalinzation of post-world war countries and claimed that Communism could be achieved through the ballot box. ...

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