Examination of their rhetorical strategies – such as choice of words, arguments, and emphasis – will reveal how Nixon and Brezhnev understood peace and how they aimed to achieve it.
The aim of this paper is to illustrate the two leaders’ views by analysing two speeches, one made by Nixon during his visit to the Soviet Union in 1972 and the other made by Brezhnev during his stay in the United States in 1973. President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev openly expressed their readiness and willingness to overcome ideological barriers to build and keep permanent peace. One of the main reasons for this remarkable turnabout was a radical change of views of the two countries’ leaders. Summary/Abstract: In the 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union launched a new course in their contact, called ‘détente’. Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
The Rhetoric of Peace during the Cold War Author(s): Marta Rzepecka The Rhetoric of Peace during the Cold War
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