Contents
Prologue
Introduction
1. Before the Crack in Time
2. Honest Broker
3. Policy Begins
4. The Middle East
5. Vladimir Putin
6. “The United States Is Under Attack”
7. War Planning Begins
8. The War on Terror and the Home Front
9. Trouble in Nuclear South Asia
10. The Two-State Solution
11. Thee World’s Most Dangerous Weapons
12. Saddam Again
13. Confronting the International Community with a Choice
14. 48 Hours
15. Bush the African
16. New Challenges in Iraq
17. 2004
18. “Iraqis Need to Govern Themselves”
19. Another Step Toward a Palestinian State
20. Four More Years
21. Secretary of State
22. Promoting America’s Interests and Values Abroad
23. High Mountains and Dirt
24. The Color Revolutions Multiply
25. Baghdad and Cairo
26..A Heartbreaking Place Called Darfur
27. Katrina
28. Bringing Back the All-Nighter
29. Can Anything Else Go Wrong?
30. Transformational Diplomacy
31. Building a New Relationship with India
32. Democracy in Latin America and Beyond
33. A Change of Leadership in Iraq
34. Shifting Course on Iran
35. The Middle East Plunges into War
36. Revising the Framework for the War on Terror
37. Iraq Spirals Downward
38. An Explosion in Asia and a Challenge for U.S.-China Relations
39. Playing the Last Card
40. A Diplomatic Surge
41. A New Approach to Latin America
42. Improving the Daily Lives of Palestinians
43. Iraq and the Home Front
44. The Road to Annapolis
45. Emergency Rule
46. Final-Status Talks Begin
47. A Final Year 622
48. It Seems Like Yesterday―It Seems Like Forever
49. Whither China?
50. Olmert Makes an Offer
51. Completing the Task of Building a Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace
52. War Breaks Out in Georgia
53. Cementing Key Relationships with Iraq and India
54. He Lives in His Own Head
55. One Last Chance for North Korea
56. The Financial Crisis of 2008
57. Mumbai
58. One Last Chance for a Palestinian State
Epilogue
Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
Index