Ostpolitik and Détente

Ostpolitik and Détente

The Four Power Agreement fused the objectives of Ostpolitik and Détente, setting Germany on the path to reunification Nowhere was the division between the East and the West more noticeable than Berlin. Following Allied victory in 1945, the United States, United...

The Berlin Agreement

Richard Nixon at the East-West border of Berlin in 1963, showing his papers to an East German officer for entry into East Berlin.  Before President Nixon took office, stalemate defined the condition of East-West negotiations. A slight reprieve in the stalemate...