Years of Upheaval by Kissinger, Henry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication List of Illustrations List of Maps Foreword I. A Moment of Hope

Decision at the Swimming Pool Opportunity Lost

II. A Visit to Hanoi

The Paris Agreement A Visit to Bangkok The Dilemmas of Cambodia A Visit to Vientiane An Eerie Visit to Hanoi Pham Van Dong Economic Aid

III. China: Another Step Forward

Peking Revisited Tour d’Horizon The Liaison Offices A Meeting with Mao Conclusion

IV. The Gathering Impact of Watergate

A Rude Awakening The Legacy of Vietnam Watergate Accelerates The “Germans”: Haldeman and Ehrlichman The Disintegration of the White House The Transformation of the Nixon Administration The Taping System The “Plumbers” and the Wiretaps The Impact on Foreign Policy

V. The Year of Europe

Origins Atlantic Relations in Disrepair The Exploratory Phase The “Year of Europe” Speech Jobert Leads Us a Dance Icebergs in Reykjavik Waiting for Jobert The Year That Never Was

VI. The Middle East in Ferment

Time for a New Initiative? Preparing for Ismail: A Diplomatic Minuet Ismail in Washington Hussein Golda Meir Second Secret Meeting with Ismail

VII. DÉtente: Zavidovo to San Clemente

Détente: What Was It? Grain and Emigrants Missiles and Fantasy The SALT II Stalemate The Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War Brezhnev’s American Visit A Summing Up

VIII. Indochina: The Beginning of the End

Broken Promises Thieu Visits San Clemente The Aborted Retaliation A Charade with Le Duc Tho Cambodia: A Certain Hypocrisy The Lost Opportunity Congress Halts the Bombing The Negotiations Unravel Nobel Peace Prize

IX. Chile: The Fall of Salvador Allende

The United States and Allende Allende in Office 1972: The Accelerating Polarization of Chilean Politics ITT and the Mounting Crisis 1973: Allende’s Final Crisis The Military Begin to Move The Coup Washington Reaction

X. Becoming Secretary of State

Crisis of the Executive Waiting for the Senate Confirmation Hearings The Department of State The Foreign Service Taking Over

XI. The Middle East War

An Awakening for Us All Why We Were Surprised Shaping a Strategy October 7: A Sunday of Stalling Sadat Gets in Touch October 8: True to Scenario October 9–10: The Tide Turns Ominously October 11: Israel Drives into Syria October 12–13: Our Airlift Begins October 13–14: The Failed Cease-Fire October 14: Deadlock on the Battlefield October 15–16: The Tide Turns Again October 17: Heading for a Cease-Fire October 18–19: An Invitation to Moscow

XII. Moscow, the Cease-Fire, and the Alert

Journey to Moscow Agreement on a Cease-Fire A Tense Visit to Israel The Cease-Fire Unravels The Alert: October 24–25 The Crisis Abates Aftermath Prospects for Peace

XIII. First Middle East Breakthrough

Fahmy and Golda Contact with the PLO My First Middle East Journey The Six-Point Agreement Anwar Sadat Sisco and Saunders in Israel Amman Riyadh

XIV. Persian Gulf Interlude XV. The Eclipse of Zhou Enlai and Another Talk with Mao

Zhou under Fire Another Meeting with Mao

XVI. Troubles with Allies

The End of the Year of Europe The Impact of the Middle East War The North Atlantic Council and the Pilgrims Speech What Went Wrong? Japanese Perspectives

XVII. The Geneva Conference

The Strategy The Kilometer 101 Talks and the Beginning of Disengagement The Road to Geneva Algiers Cairo Again Return to Riyadh First Visit to Damascus Respite in Amman Lebanon Israel The Geneva Conference

XVIII. The First Shuttle: Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement

The Origin of Shuttle Diplomacy Watergate Again Aswan: January 11–12 Jerusalem: January 12–13 The Flying State Department Aswan Again: January 13–14 The Shuttle Concludes The Final Phase Aqaba, Damascus, and Tel Aviv Washington at Last

XIX. The Energy Crisis

The Years of Complacency The Gathering Storm: 1970–1973 The OPEC Governments Take Control The October War and Energy: The First Oil Shock The Second Oil Shock: Tehran and Kuwait Ending the Embargo

XX. Energy and the Democracies

An Energy Strategy The Ministers Convene The Washington Energy Conference The Consumers Unite Another Blowup

XXI. The Road to Damascus: An Exploratory Shuttle

The Soviet Dilemma Fahmy and Saqqaf Visit Washington An Eventful Visit to Damascus Drama in Israel Back to Cairo Damascus Again: Asad Stays Cool Riyadh The Jordanian Option

XXII. The Decline of DÉtente: A Turning Point

Détente under Attack The Jackson-Vanik Amendment Defense Dilemmas SALT Again Another Visit to Moscow Conclusion

XXIII. The Syrian Shuttle

Caging the Bear The Arab World Prelude to the Shuttle Dayan Visits Again The Syrian Emissary Lebanese Interlude The Shuttle Begins: The Line of Separation The “United States Proposal,” The Limitation of Forces The Final Phase: Damascus, Another Crisis The Final Phase: Israel

XXIV. The Last Hurrah

The Salzburg Press Conference, Nixon’s Middle East Trip More Accusations The Moscow Summit

XXV. The End of the Administration

The Long Voyage Home One More Crisis The End of the Road

Photographs Appendix Chapter Notes Index Copyright

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