Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the collapse of détente?

a. Soviet assistance to anti-Western movements in Africa
b. American involvement in Vietnam
c. The Middle East War of 1973
d. The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
e. American attempts to link trade with human rights in the Soviet Union


Answer: b

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