title: Eurocommunism and the Contradictions of Superpower Dï¿½tente*
abstract: Superpower De tente* "The dangers of de tente is that it makes Communism respectable and therefore adds to the drawing power of the Communist groups," Richard Nixon observed less than two months before his resignation. 1 Though he did not mention them specifically, the president was referring to the communist parties of Italy and France-later dubbed Eurocommunist-which in the 1970s came close to participating in governing coalitions in Rome and Paris. From the Truman presidency onwards, Washingt
journal: Diplomatic History