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Cosmonauts at Disney World
- NASA and Soviet cosmonauts visited Disney World together in 1975, symbolizing Cold War détente.
- This cooperation in space amazed many, marking a hopeful shift from hostility to collaboration.
Detente's Nuclear Arms Breakthrough
- Detente marked the first time US and USSR agreed to limit nuclear arms during the Cold War.
- It indicated a new possibility for peaceful coexistence despite ideological differences.
Iranian Hostage Crisis Shift
- The 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis symbolized a crisis in US foreign relations, ending detente optimism.
- Radical theology replaced communism as a significant geopolitical challenge to the US in Iran.