Includes bibliographical references (p. 1081-1120) and index.

1. A Ford, Not a Lincoln -- Pt. 1. The Nixon Legacy. 2. The Man and the Organization. 3. Controversy over Detente. 4. Jackson, Arms Control, and Jewish Emigration. 5. China and Its Leaders -- Pt. 2. Ford at the Helm. 6. The New Presidency. 7. Cyprus, a Case Study in Ethnic Conflict -- Pt. 3. East-West Relations. 8. Ford Inherits the Debate over Detente. 9. A Visit with Brezhnev. 10. Vladivostok and the Crisis in American-Soviet Relations. 11. The Intelligence Investigations -- Pt. 4. Breakthrough in the Middle East. 12. Ford and Middle East Diplomacy. 13. One Shuttle Too Many. 14. Sinai II and the Road to Peace -- Pt. 5. Collapse in Indochina, Tragedy of the Kurds. 15. Indochina Tragedy - The Beginning of the End. 16. The Collapse of Cambodia. 17. The End of Vietnam. 18. Anatomy of a Crisis: The Mayaguez. 19. Tragedy of the Kurds -- Pt. 6. The Atlantic Relationship. 20. The Restoration of Western Unity. 21. The European Security Conference. 22. The Energy Crisis.

Pt. 7. Latin America. 23. Panama, Mexico, and the "New Dialogue" 24. Brazil, Chile, and Western Hemisphere Unity. 25. Cuban Interlude -- Pt. 8. Relations with the Communist World. 26. Civil War in Angola. 27. Last Visit to Moscow. 28. Preserving the Sino-American Relationship -- Pt. 9. Southern Africa. 29. An African Strategy. 30. First Visit to Africa. 31. Toward Majority Rule in Southern Africa. 32. Breakthrough to Majority Rule -- Pt. 10. End of the Ford Presidency. 33. Civil War in Lebanon and Middle East Peace. 34. Reflections.