1972: United States

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Behind the movement, heralded in 1972, toward a new era in international affairs was Washington's increasing willingness to accept the consequences of the Soviet victory in World War II and Mao Tse-tung's triumph in China. Official American rhetoric no longer regarded the existence of two... ...