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- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I Ordering a World of States
- Part II Challenging a World of States
- 10 US Foreign Policy and the End of Development
- 11 Oil and American Insecurity
- 12 US Mass Culture and Consumption in a Global Context
- 13 Imperial Visions of the World
- 14 Human Rights
- 15 Compassion and Humanitarianism in International Relations
- 16 Third World Internationalism and the Global Color Line
- 17 The Queering of US Geopolitics
- 18 Migration, War, and the Transformation of the US Population
- 19 Christian and Muslim Transnational Networks
- 20 Native Americans, Indigeneity, and US Foreign Policy
- 21 Environment, Climate, and Global Disorder
- 22 Détente and the Reconfiguration of Superpower Relations
- Part III New World Disorder?
- Index
22 - Détente and the Reconfiguration of Superpower Relations
from Part II - Challenging a World of States
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I Ordering a World of States
- Part II Challenging a World of States
- 10 US Foreign Policy and the End of Development
- 11 Oil and American Insecurity
- 12 US Mass Culture and Consumption in a Global Context
- 13 Imperial Visions of the World
- 14 Human Rights
- 15 Compassion and Humanitarianism in International Relations
- 16 Third World Internationalism and the Global Color Line
- 17 The Queering of US Geopolitics
- 18 Migration, War, and the Transformation of the US Population
- 19 Christian and Muslim Transnational Networks
- 20 Native Americans, Indigeneity, and US Foreign Policy
- 21 Environment, Climate, and Global Disorder
- 22 Détente and the Reconfiguration of Superpower Relations
- Part III New World Disorder?
- Index
Summary
A dinner party in the prosperous Washington suburb of McLean (Va.) among high-level dignitaries present is hardly an unusual affair. But this one was rather special. It was the evening of January 28, 1979 and the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping sat between the US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and the National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. The atmosphere “was lively and friendly. Several toasts were given expressing hope for the future and pride for what had been accomplished.” Brzezinski, whose house provided the setting for the dinner, would remember it as one of the highlights of his career in the Carter Administration. And for good reason. For this was not a mere courtesy meeting. Deng, Brzezinski, Vance, and the others present were celebrating the full normalization of Sino-American relations.
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- The Cambridge History of America and the World , pp. 512 - 534Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022