Intro -- 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.