Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. PART I Early Years
5. CHAPTER ONE “Grow Up a Real Man” 3
6. CHAPTER TWO No Empty Threats 20
7. CHAPTER THREE The Real Economy 32
8. CHAPTER FOUR Pathway to Power 42
9. PART II Nixon Administration, Bechtel
10. CHAPTER FIVE Equal Opportunity 55
11. CHAPTER SIX Treasury Travails 80
12. PART III Reagan Administration
13. CHAPTER SEVEN Odd Man Out 109
14. CHAPTER EIGHT A Common Foundation 131
15. CHAPTER NINE Stumbling Start 148
16. CHAPTER TEN Soviet Policy Standoff 161
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN Nancy Reagan to the Rescue 179
18. CHAPTER TWELVE Shultz’s Opponents Strike Back 188
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Test of Loyalty 196
20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Hitting Bottom 205
21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Target Is Destroyed 219
22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN Combating Terrorism 237
23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Reelection and Renewed Hope 251
24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Sea Change in the Kremlin 275
25. CHAPTER NINETEEN The Fireside Summit 290
26. CHAPTER TWENTY Battles That Never End 303
27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Implosion of a Presidency 321
28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Back on Track 333
29. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Encore in Moscow 352
30. Epilogue 371
31. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 381
32. NOTES 389
33. BIBLIOGRAPHY 427
34. INDEX 441