How did the relationship between the united states and the soviet union evolve during the 1970s?

Neithor of us agreed or liked Germany. So because of this their relationship grew stronger. Though the soviet union originally said they didn't want to fight them, they always wanted to. And the US wanted to stop them as well.

Relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperaBeginning in the early 1970s, the Soviet regime proclaimed a policy of détente and sought increased economic cooperation and disarmament negotiations with the West and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years.

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