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'Readers looking for a nuanced and informative study will not be disappointed. Utilizing a wide array of archival research, Tulli recounts Carter’s efforts to promote human rights in the Soviet Union, which intersected with
détente. While such arguments are not as novel as Tulli suggests, A Precarious Equilibrium still makes an important contribution to explaining how Carter waged the Cold War.'
Christian Philip Peterson, Ferris State University, Journal of Contemporary History 57(1)
Introduction
1 Setting the Stage for a Human Rights Policy
2 Human Rights and the 1976 Presidential Election
3 Firmness Abroad; Consensus at Home, 1977-1978.
4 Coping with Critics: the Choice in Favour of Quiet Diplomacy, 1978.
5 Critics’ Triumph: Quiet Diplomacy, SALT II and the Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1980.
Conclusions