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What influenced Nixon's shift of U.S. foreign policy from containment to détente?

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President Richard Nixon's policy sought on détente with both nations, which were hostile to the U.S. and to each other. He moved away from the traditional American policy of containment of Communism, hoping each side would seek American favor
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