USA relation with the soviet union during the reigns of Brezhnev and his predecessor <span>Khrushchev were marked by periodic times. in Khrushchev, there were several tensions despite his attempt to pursue detente. tensions were on Cuban crisis, Suez canal, and in the Korean peninsula. </span> The detente however was actualized during the days of his successor Brezhnev. The detente however broke down when the soviet union attacked Afghanistan in 1979. <span />
