Introduction Part I. The Remaking of American Global Power, 1969-76: 1. The Nixon administration and a 'moment of beginning' 2. The diplomatic revolution: the China opening 3. An 'era of negotiation' versus the 'supreme test': Nixon between SALT I and Vietnam 4. 'Protect me': Nixon and the Shah of Iran 5. Detente questioned: domestic challenges and international crisis 6. The Ford (and Kissinger) administration 7. Defending the dual track: SALT II, Angola, and the crisis of detente Part II. Rethinking the Fall of Detente, 1977-80: 8. The Carter administration's ambitious agenda 9. Initial shift: the Horn of Africa 10. Recreating the strategic triangle: normalization with China and SALT II 11. The loss of Iran 12. Reaffirming containment: the Carter doctrine Conclusion.
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