《THE NIXON-KISSINGER YEARS RESBAPING AMERIC'S FOREIGN POLICY》

PART I. The Crisis of Containment: 1969-19721

I. President Nixon and the Shift to Modified Containment, 1969-19703

Assessment and Response: First Steps5

The Ideal and the Real9

Strategy in Practice, the China Connection15

Vietnam and the Middle East Connection25

Cambodian Crisis-Turning Point in the Vietnam War33

The Decision to Uphold Lon Nol41

2. Alliance Crisis and the Road to Detente, 1970-197146

Soviet Riposte in the Middle East: May-September 197047

Diversion and Counterdiversion in Cuba58

Problems of Alliance and Collective Defense63

Detente, Dependence, and Defense69

Countering Fractionation in the Alliance74

Raising the Price of Oil78

Restructuring the International Monetary System85

3. The Soviet Counterstrategy, 1971-197290

Strategic Watershed-the Twenty-Fourth Party Congress91

Moscow's Decision Point in Vietnam94

Structural Crisis in the Middle East100

Opportunity to Restructure the South Asian Balance105

Indo-Pakistani War and United States-Soviet Relations109

Moscow Shifts Course in Vietnam118

The Easter Invasion and the Prelude to Negotiations125

The Moscow Summit and Vietnam130

PART II. Detente And Transition: The Kissinger Shogunate, 1973-1976197

6. War and Realignment, the Middle East, 1973199

Impasse and Opportunity in the Middle East204

Washington Prepares for Structural Change209

Economic Contention in the Alliance214

Toward October and Yom Kippur221

Yom Kippur: Soviet and American Objectives230

Superpower-Client Wartime Interaction236

Endgame Crises: Superpower-Client Conflicts244

8. The Failure of Trilateralism: 1973-1976253

Yom Kippur and American-Israeli Relations254

Impasse over the "Jordanian Option"261

United States-Israeli Strategic Crisis264

Intensification of Intra-allied Political Contention274

Prodding the Allies into Disarray278

High Oil Prices, Trade, and the Dollar282

9. Detente and Tripolar Politics, 1973-I 976289

The Economic Web of Detente290

The Political-Economic Quid Pro Quo294

Moscow's Missile Breakout and the United States Quandary299

Chinese Expectations and american Policy in Asia308

Moscow Probes for an Opening in Beijing313

American Inaction in Vietnam and Beijing's Response319

10.Angola and detente: The Politics of Desperation325

Kissingcr's Angolan Gamble326

Kissinger Rolls the Dice328

The Secretary Raises theStakes332

Kissinger Throws Craps and Changes the Game336

Washington Intervenes and Tips the Balance340

Moscow Plays a'lrump: the Cuban Card345

Kissinger, Angola, and Detente350

Conclusion356

NOTES358

INDEX407