Where Have all Our Cowboys Gone? Finding a Place for Political Savvy I had come across the word détente late this spring while reading, Kissenger, a biography of the always-charismatic international man of mystery, and was perplexed at its meaning. Of course the Oxford Dictionary defines this politically reserved word as "the easing of hostility or unfriendly relations between countries", consequently Oxford is responsible for deflating the superior intellect, cunning and savvy required to …showed first 75 words of 2863 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2863 total…Brezhnev and Carter would meet to discuss international relations (Lynch 1992). As the 1980's began the United States were left in wonder as to what had gone wrong in the 1970's with the very real prospect of détente. The loss of Iran, the invasion of Afghanistan, the Jackson Amendment, SALT II talks on weapons and the misunderstandings of both superpowers on the very idea of détente all lead to its breakdown in the 1970's.