| Under a classical arch a solitary halberdier bears witness to the historic detente between north and south. |
| In the West, critics of detente and arms control argued that the Soviets were acquiring nuclear superiority. |
| The classic period of the first cold war runs from 1947 through the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which finally inaugurated an era of detente. |
| The description aptly described the new diplomacy of detente emerging from the 1972 super-power summit. |
| The policy of detente was scrapped and the objective was increasingly to roll back the Soviet Union. |
| During the detente era, the Soviets were careful not to give the West too much propaganda ammunition. |
