One realist school of thought held that the cold war was something immutable, a fact of history that could at best be managed through the grinding diplomatic protocols known as detente.

• 根据一种现实主义学派的思潮观点，冷战是一个永恒的东西，它是历史的一个事实，最多能通过摩擦性外交协议被处理为一种缓和状态。