AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Pull of Personal Diplomacy1 FDR's Wide-Ranging Personal Diplomacy2 Truman, Eisenhower, and the Retreat and Resurgence of Personal Diplomacy3 John F. Kennedy and the President as Counselor4 Lyndon Johnson and the Imperatives of the International Arena5 Richard Nixon and the Domestic Politics of Personal Diplomacy6 Jimmy Carter and the Demand for Presidential Time7 Ronald Reagan and the Desire for Control8 George H. W. Bush and Personal Diplomacy at the End of the Cold War9 The Impact of Presidential Personal DiplomacyConclusion: Presidential PersonalDiplomacy---Past, Present, FutureNotesIndex