Download or read book A precarious equilibrium written by Umberto Tulli and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights and détente inextricably intertwined during Carter’s years. By promoting human rights in the USSR, Carter sought to build a domestic consensus for détente; through bipolar dialogue, he tried to advance human rights in the USSR. But, human rights contributed to the erosion of détente without achieving a lasting domestic consensus.