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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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