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John F. Kennedy died on 22 November 1963, the victim of an assassin's bullet. He had been president just over three years and at the time of his premature death was gearing up for his reelection campaign. A short-lived détente between the United States and the Soviet Union emerg…

This dissertation argues that the Soviet-American rapprochement, a centerpiece of American foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford presidencies, failed to reach its full potential due to the ongoing competition between Washington and Moscow for control of the Middle East. Despi…

The decade of the 1970s, despite representing the era of detente, superficially appeared to be one of Soviet successes and American setbacks. From Vietnam to Angola, the USSR seemed to be gaining Marxist friends in the Third World. Because of this, the Soviet Union wanted the Un…