Table of Contents: “…A moment of hope -- A visit to Hanoi -- China: Another step forward -- The gathering impact of watergate -- The year of Europe -- The middle east in ferment -- Detente: Zavidovo to San Clemente -- Indochina: The beginning of the end -- Chile: The fall of Salvador Allende -- Becoming secretary of state -- The Middle East War -- Moscow, the Cease-fire, and the alert -- First middle east Breakthrough -- Persian gulf interlude -- The eclipse of Zhou Enlai and another talk with Mao -- Troubles with allies -- The Geneva conference -- The first shuttle: Egyptian-Israeli disengagement -- The energy crisis -- Energy and the democracies -- The road to Damascus: An exploratory shuttle -- The decline of Detente: A turning point -- The Syrian shuttle -- The last Hurrah -- The end of the administration.…”

Table of Contents: “…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. …”