Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. The Ambassador in Training 1
6. Thereza and Encounters with Russia 17
7. Politics under Khrushchev 35
8. Brezhnev, the Flawed Leader 54
9. The Soviets under Threat 77
10. Trudeau’s Opening 94
11. Trudeau in Moscow 109
12. Trudeau after the Peak 124
13. Soviet Meetings 141
14. The Decline of the ussr 155
15. The Soviet Embassy, Ottawa 173
16. Final Things 187
17. A Retrospective Look 207
18. Appendices
19. A Soviet Province 213
20. Early Travels with Ford, 1952–1953 219
21. Travels with Ford, 1954–1972 235
22. Travels with the Ambassador, 1978–1979 253
23. Notes 267
24. Bibliography 295
25. Index 299