HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Shuttle Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger, Camp David Accords
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Detente opposed by liberals who felt that it failed to enforce wilsonian ideals (did not like secrecy and back channels). Conservatives were becoming increasingly critical of detente because it was not doing enough to challenge soviet power, weakened the us. When ford takes over as president, several events and individuals challenge and ultimately destroy detente. It starts in the middle east with anwar el-sadat. Egypt and syria drove israel back at first, but. Israel regrouped, drove egypt back, cease-fire occurs for a short period of time. Soviets begin to threaten that they will aid sadat unilaterally, nixon responds by ordering military to stage three alert, kissinger uses shuttle diplomacy to break through the dispute. Israel gives up strategic passes and oil fields, egypt agrees to deal with israel peaceful. Diplomatic triumph for kissinger, but it hurt detente because critics of the. In the us, the soviets role in the conflict had rekindled suspicion.
