1751 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (October 1979)
Volume one
List of Maps
Foreword
PART ONE: BEGINNINGS
I. An Invitation
Nelson Rockefeller The Phone Call Meeting Richard Nixon Encounters at the Pierre Hotel
II. Period of Innocence: The Transition
Getting Acquainted The Uneasy Team Getting Organized Tuing to Substance
III. The Convictions of An Apprentice Statesman
An Historian’s Perspective The American Experience Problems of a New Equilibrium
PART TWO: 1969: THE START OF THE JOURNEY
IV. European Jouey
Nixon Visits Europe Malaise of the Weste Alliance London and the Special Relationship Bonn and Berlin and the Enigma of Germany Rome Interlude The Colossus of de Gaulle
V. 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 Easte Europe: Nixon’s Visit to Romania Conclusion
VI. First Steps toward China
First Signals The Ussuri River Clashes Rumors of War Triangular Politics
VI
I. 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
VIII. 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 Retu to the Treadmill The Beginning of Troop Withdrawals A Secret Meeting with Xuan Thuy Another Reassessment The Unpacifiable Doves Groping for a Strategy
IX. Early Tests in Asia
The EC?121 Shootdown The US?Japanese Alliance The Okinawa Negotiation The Textile A Fiasco
X. 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
XI. 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
PART THREE: 1970?1971: FROM TURMOIL TO HOPE
XII. The War Widens
Retu 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,
XIII. 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
XIV. 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
XV. The Autumn of Crises: Jordan
Crisis in Jordan Iraqi?Jordanian Showdown Hijacking Crisis Showdown with the Guerrillas The Syrian Invasion
XVI. The Autumn of Crises: Soviet Submarine Base at Cienfuegos
A Message from Moscow A Flotilla Heads for Cienfuegos The Showdown Resolution of the Crisis
XVII. 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
XVIII. An Invitation to Peking
The End of the Warsaw Channel Triangular Relationships The Pakistani Channel Ping?Pong Diplomacy Plans and Aberrations
XIX. The Jouey 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
XX. 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
XXI. 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
XXI
I. Crisis in the Alliance: The Mansfield Amendment and the Economic
Confrontation
Mediterranean Jouey 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
XXIII. Vietnam 1970?71: Forcing Hanoi’s Hand
Madame Binh’s Eight Points The Setting of a Strategy The Laos Operation Lam Son 719: The Military Operation The Marches on Washington The Negotiations Are Resumed The South Vietnamese Presidential Election Revealing the Secret Talks
PART FOUR: 1972: FROM WAR TO PEACE
XXIV. Nixon’s Trip to China
The Haig Mission Arrival: The Handshake Mao Tse?tung Walks, Talks, and Toasts The Shanghai Communiqu? Assessments
XXV. Hanoi Throws the Dice: The Vietnam Spring Offensive
Invasion The Buildup Diplomatic Maneuvers What Strategy?
XXVI. The Secret Trip to Moscow
Preparing the Summit Leonid Brezhnev Conversations with Brezhnev and Gromyko A Disagreement with the President
XXVII. 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
XXVIII. The Moscow Summit
Richard Nixon in the Kremlin Greetings and Meetings The Soviet Power Structure: Kosygin and Podgoy 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?
XXIX. Summit Aftermath
A Visit to the Shah of Iran Retu through Warsaw The Soviet Grain Deal European Attitudes
XXX. 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
XXXI. 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
XXXII. The Troubled Road to Peace
Interlude in Paris, 1364 Consultation with Thieu, First Rumblings Showdown with Thieu The Jouey Home
XXXIII. 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
XXXIV. Peace At Last
Postlude
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (October 1979)
Volume one
List of Maps
Foreword
PART ONE: BEGINNINGS
I. An Invitation
Nelson Rockefeller The Phone Call Meeting Richard Nixon Encounters at the Pierre Hotel
II. Period of Innocence: The Transition
Getting Acquainted The Uneasy Team Getting Organized Tuing to Substance
III. The Convictions of An Apprentice Statesman
An Historian’s Perspective The American Experience Problems of a New Equilibrium
PART TWO: 1969: THE START OF THE JOURNEY
IV. European Jouey
Nixon Visits Europe Malaise of the Weste Alliance London and the Special Relationship Bonn and Berlin and the Enigma of Germany Rome Interlude The Colossus of de Gaulle
V. 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 Easte Europe: Nixon’s Visit to Romania Conclusion
VI. First Steps toward China
First Signals The Ussuri River Clashes Rumors of War Triangular Politics
VI
I. 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
VIII. 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 Retu to the Treadmill The Beginning of Troop Withdrawals A Secret Meeting with Xuan Thuy Another Reassessment The Unpacifiable Doves Groping for a Strategy
IX. Early Tests in Asia
The EC?121 Shootdown The US?Japanese Alliance The Okinawa Negotiation The Textile A Fiasco
X. 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
XI. 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
PART THREE: 1970?1971: FROM TURMOIL TO HOPE
XII. The War Widens
Retu 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,
XIII. 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
XIV. 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
XV. The Autumn of Crises: Jordan
Crisis in Jordan Iraqi?Jordanian Showdown Hijacking Crisis Showdown with the Guerrillas The Syrian Invasion
XVI. The Autumn of Crises: Soviet Submarine Base at Cienfuegos
A Message from Moscow A Flotilla Heads for Cienfuegos The Showdown Resolution of the Crisis
XVII. 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
XVIII. An Invitation to Peking
The End of the Warsaw Channel Triangular Relationships The Pakistani Channel Ping?Pong Diplomacy Plans and Aberrations
XIX. The Jouey 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
XX. 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
XXI. 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
XXI
I. Crisis in the Alliance: The Mansfield Amendment and the Economic
Confrontation
Mediterranean Jouey 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
XXIII. Vietnam 1970?71: Forcing Hanoi’s Hand
Madame Binh’s Eight Points The Setting of a Strategy The Laos Operation Lam Son 719: The Military Operation The Marches on Washington The Negotiations Are Resumed The South Vietnamese Presidential Election Revealing the Secret Talks
PART FOUR: 1972: FROM WAR TO PEACE
XXIV. Nixon’s Trip to China
The Haig Mission Arrival: The Handshake Mao Tse?tung Walks, Talks, and Toasts The Shanghai Communiqu? Assessments
XXV. Hanoi Throws the Dice: The Vietnam Spring Offensive
Invasion The Buildup Diplomatic Maneuvers What Strategy?
XXVI. The Secret Trip to Moscow
Preparing the Summit Leonid Brezhnev Conversations with Brezhnev and Gromyko A Disagreement with the President
XXVII. 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
XXVIII. The Moscow Summit
Richard Nixon in the Kremlin Greetings and Meetings The Soviet Power Structure: Kosygin and Podgoy 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?
XXIX. Summit Aftermath
A Visit to the Shah of Iran Retu through Warsaw The Soviet Grain Deal European Attitudes
XXX. 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
XXXI. 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
XXXII. The Troubled Road to Peace
Interlude in Paris, 1364 Consultation with Thieu, First Rumblings Showdown with Thieu The Jouey Home
XXXIII. 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
XXXIV. Peace At Last
Postlude