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pt. 1. Beginnings. An invitation : Nelson Rockefeller ; The phone call ; Meeting Richard Nixon ; Encounters at the Pierre Hotel -- Period of innocence: the transition : Getting acquainted ; The uneasy team ; Getting organized ; Turning to substance -- The convictions of an apprentice statesman : An historian's perspective ; The American experience ; Problems of a new equilibrium -- pt. 2. 1969: The start of the journey. European journey : Nixon visits Europe ; Malaise of the Western Alliance ; London and the "special relationship" ; Bonn and Berlin and the enigma of Germany ; Rome interlude ; The colossus of de Gaulle -- Opening moves with Moscow : Introduction to Anatoly Dobrynin ; The enduring philosophical problem of US-Soviet relations ; Reflections during the transition period ; Public and congressional attitudes: a spring flurry ; The channel ; Preparing for SALT ; East-West trade ; Eastern Europe: Nixon's visit to Romania ; Conclusion -- First steps toward China : First signals ; The Ussuri River clashes ; Rumors of war ; Triangular politics -- Defense policy and strategy : Defense and the strategic balance ; The defense debate ; Antiballistic missiles (ABM) ; Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) ; The attack on the defense budget ; Strategic doctrine ; Tactical nuclear weapons ; One and a half wars ; The Nixon doctrine -- The agony of Vietnam : My exposure to the quagmire ; What we found ; North Vietnamese attacks and Cambodian bombing ; Diplomacy for a peace settlement ; The Vance mission ; Return to the treadmill ; The beginning of troop withdrawals ; A secret meeting with Xuan Thuy ; Another reassessment ; The unpacifiable doves ; Groping for a strategy -- Early tests in Asia : The EC-121 shootdown ; The US-Japanese alliance ; The Okinawa negotiation ; The textile fiasco -- Words and shadows: evolution of Middle East strategy : Initiatives galore ; Middle East visitors ; Diplomacy: ever-new proposals ; Yet another initiative ; Golda Meir ; The Rogers plan ; The evolving strategy -- The uneasy alliance: Europe and the United States : Dilemmas of Europe's success ; Consultations ; De Gaulle's departure and European unity ; The common defense ; The American perception ; East-West relations in Europe ; Berlin and Brandt's Ostpolitik ; European security conference ; European leaders visit Washington: 1970 ; Second thoughts about the Common Market -- pt. 3. 1970-1971: From turmoil to hope. The war widens : Return to secret negotiations ; Special Adviser Le Duc Tho and the first round of talks ; Laos interlude ; The overthrow of Sihanouk ; The April 20 troop withdrawal announcement ; The attack on North Vietnamese sanctuaries ; The elusive Communist headquarters and other battles ; The domestic travail ; The balance sheet -- The Soviet riddle: Europe, SALT, and a summit : Hot and cold ; The riddle of Soviet conduct ; Ostpolitik ; SALT and the defense debate ; Pursuing a Moscow summit -- Middle East 1970 : The Kosygin letter ; Soviet soldiers and missiles appear in Egypt ; An American diplomatic initiative ; Cease-fire and standstill ; Israel bows out of negotiations -- The autumn of crises: Jordan : Crisis in Jordan ; Iraqi-Jordanian showdown ; Hijacking crisis ; Showdown with the guerrillas ; The Syrian invasion -- The autumn of crises: Soviet submarine base at Cienfuegos : A message from Moscow ; A flotilla heads for Cienfuegos ; The showdown ; Resolution of the crisis -- The autumn of crises: Chile : Salvador Allende ; Influence and intervention: the 40 committee ; The Chilean election of 1970 ; The coup that never was ; Allende inaugurated -- An invitation to Peking : The end of the Warsaw Channel ; Triangular relationships ; The Pakistani Channel ; Ping-pong diplomacy ; Plans and aberrations -- The journey to Peking : "Polo I": prelude ; The Middle Kingdom: first meeting with Chou En-lai ; The announcement that shook the world ; "The China card" ; China at the United Nations ; "Polo II" ; The United Nations -- US-Soviet relations: breakthrough on two fronts : The Polish riots ; The channel becomes operational ; The SALT negotiations and the May 20 agreement ; The Berlin negotiation ; The summit finally -- The tilt: the India-Pakistan crisis of 1971 : Origins of tragedy ; Two cyclones ; Military crackdown ; The crisis accelerates ; The Soviet-Indian friendship treaty ; Contacts with the Bangladesh exiles ; Mrs. Gandhi comes to Washington ; War between India and Pakistan ; The war spreads ; Climax: a fateful decision ; The aftermath -- Crisis in the alliance: the Mansfield Amendment and the economic confrontation : Mediterranean journey ; De Gaulle's funeral and Heath's visit ; The Mansfield Amendment: the old guard steps into the breach ; The economic crisis: the second "Nixon shock" ; High-level consultations: the final round -- Vietnam 1970-71: forcing Hanoi's hand : Madame Binh's eight points ; The setting of a strategy ; The Laos operation ; Lam Son ; The military operation ; The marches on Washington ; The negotiations are resumed ; The South Vietnamese presidential election ; Revealing the secret talks -- pt. 4. 1972: From war to peace. Nixon's trip to China : The Haig mission ; Arrival: the handshake ; Mao Tse-tung ; Walks, talks, and toasts ; The Shanghai communiqué ; Assessments -- Hanoi throws the dice: the Vietnam spring offensive : Invasion ; The buildup ; Diplomatic maneuvers ; What strategy? -- The secret trip to Moscow : Preparing the summit ; Leonid Brezhnev ; Conversations with Brezhnev and Gromyko ; A disagreement with the President -- The showdown: mining of North Vietnamese harbors : Preparing for decision ; The May 2 secret meeting ; The mining of North Vietnam ; The summit in the balance ; Postlude -- The Moscow Summit : Richard Nixon in the Kremlin ; Greetings and meetings ; The Soviet power structure: Kosygin and Podgorny ; Round one on SALT: Brezhnev and Nixon ; Confrontation at the Dacha ; The SALT negotiations conclude ; Gromyko and the Middle East ; What did the summit accomplish? -- Summit aftermath : A visit to the Shah of Iran ; Return through Warsaw ; The Soviet grain deal ; European attitudes -- Sadat expels the Soviets : The death of Nasser ; The idea of an interim settlement ; The phantom memorandum ; Becoming involved ; Backchannel explorations ; Egypt opens a secret channel to the United States -- From stalemate to breakthrough : Hanoi's discomfiture ; Testing the stalemate ; A visit to Saigon ; Interlude: Meetings of September 15 and 27 ; The breakthrough: the October 8 meeting -- The troubled road to peace : Interlude in Paris ; Consultation with Thieu ; First rumblings ; Showdown with Thieu ; The journey home -- "Peace is at hand" : Hanoi goes public ; Election interlude ; Haig visits Saigon again ; The meetings with Le Duc Tho resume ; The December talks: breakdown of the negotiation ; The Christmas bombing ; Negotiations resume ; The January round ; Thieu relents -- Peace at last

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