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By the end of the 1960s, the United States and Soviet Union faced a choice: slow down their Cold War competition -- a process that would be called détente -- or continue an arms race that could end in all-out war.
 
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| Nearly 18 years after the Soviets set off a space race with the launch of Sputnik, the superpowers staged a meeting of "hearts and hardware" with the Apollo-Soyuz mission. |
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| As Leonid Brezhnev's interpreter, Viktor Sukhodrev was the "third man" at some of the Cold War's most historic encounters.
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| To make détente work, the United States and Soviet Union had to set aside -- and in some cases ignore -- a variety of long-standing issues. To critics, that represented appeasement.
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TIME: What Nixon Brings Home from Moscow
June 5, 1972
Pravda: Desire of the majority of Americans
May 20, 1972
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In his diaries, Nixon aide H.R. Haldeman noted an unusual Soviet proposal prior to the 1972 Moscow summit: "The Soviets want to give the [president] a hydrofoil to play around with in Key Biscayne in return for a hot sports car from us."
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