ONE “Be My Secretary of State” 1
TWO “A Worldwide Climate of Uncertainty” 20
THREE “No One Has a Monopoly on Virtue” 37
FOUR “A Strong Ring of Professionals” 56
FIVE “Al, It’s Just Newspaper Talk” 73
SIX “Signals to Moscow” 95
SEVEN Central America: “The Will to Disbelieve” 117
EIGHT “As of Now, I Am in Control Here” 141
NINE Israel and Saudi Arabia: “The AWACS Controversy” 167
TEN China: “Why Are There Always Such Surprises?” 194
ELEVEN Nuclear Arms: “A Credible Western Deterrent” 218
TWELVE Poland: “What Now Exists Cannot Endure” 238
THIRTEEN The Falklands: “Do Not Urge Britain to Reward Aggression” 261
FOURTEEN “Mr. President, I Want You to Understand What’s Going On around You” 303
FIFTEEN Lebanon: “Mixed Signals Bedevil Our Diplomacy” 317
Conclusion 353
Index 359