Includes index.

pt. 1. Gathering the threads --
1. The world in turmoil --
2. Confirmation: prepare and defend --
3. How I think and how I got that way.

pt. 2. The Middle East: progress and despair --
4. The siege of Beirut --
5. The PLO moves out of Beirut --
6. A "fresh start" in the Middle East --
7. Lebanon after the PLO exit: chaos takes another form.

pt. 3. Gardening --
8. The Soviet Union: first efforts --
9. Our neighborhood --
10. Damage control: the Siberian pipeline dispute --
11. Allies and friends in Europe.

pt. 4. Strategies take shape --
12. A move beyond rhetoric with the Soviet Union --
13. Japan: strategic partner and economic power --
14. An agreement between Lebanon and Israel --
15. Tension and tragedy in Lebanon --
16. Iraq, Iran, and chemical weapons --
17. The strategic defense initiative --
18. A strategy for Soviet relations --
19. The intensity of Central America --
20. Grenada: a shot heard round the world --
21. The missile and the alliance.

pt. 5. On the move --
22. China: dealing across ideologies --
23. The strength and the struggle to negotiate in Central America --
24. The continuing search for peace in the Middle East --
25. Realistic reengagement with the Soviets --
26. Breakthrough with Gromyko --
27. New man: new ideas? --
28. Bitburg --
29. Rocks on the summit road --
30. Classroom in the Kremlin; summit in Geneva --
31. People power in the Philippines --
32. Confronting terrorism: evolution of a policy --
33. Terrorism: attack and counterattack --
34. The year of maximum leverage --
35. Victim made hostage: the Nicholas Daniloff case --
36. What really happened at Reykjavik.

pt. 6. Setback --
37. Revelation: arms sales to Iran --
38. A battle royal --
39. The snake would not die.


pt. 7. On the move again --
40. The struggle to get back on track --
41. Breaking through to the Soviets --
42. Testimony on Iran-Contra --
43. Signs of a sea change: reflagging in the Persian Gulf --
44. Signs of a sea change: a new mix in the Middle East peace process --
45. Signs of a sea change: toward democracy in Central America, Chile, and South Korea --
46. The long road to a Washington summit --
47. Interlock: the Shultz initiative --
48. The struggle to oust Noriega --
49. The last of the superpower summits: making the most of it --
50. The end of colonialism in Africa --
51. Turning point.

George P. Shultz has written a towering book, a brilliant personal account of his years (1982-1989) as secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan. Not since Dean Acheson or Henry Kissinger has a former secretary of state written so deftly and articulately about the forging of a new, stronger foreign policy for America. When Secretary Shultz joined the Reagan cabinet, war raged in Lebanon, the Soviets were escalating the arms race, terrorism was at fever pitch. Yet his relentless determination - his use of strength in tandem with diplomacy - led to bold initiatives in the Middle East, new strategies for peace with the Soviets that transformed the superpower relationship, a strengthening of our hand in Asia and in Central and South America, and the forward march of democracy. There are behind-the-scenes talks with the Palestinians and Israelis, critical meetings with the Soviets, and frank discussions with the Japanese and Chinese. There is also a surprisingly close-up look at the power struggle of the State Department with the staffs of the National Security Council and the White House and with the CIA, climaxing in the Iran-Contra affair. The events of Iran-Contra set out here can only be described as astounding. It is the first complete assembling of the facts from Secretary Shultz's vantage point and is destined to provoke a reassessment of this period in our history. George Shultz paints vivid portraits of the major players during his term in office. On the world scene: Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Deng Xiaoping, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, King Hussein, and Hosni Mubarak. And on the domestic scene: Cap Weinberger, Bill Casey, George Bush, Don Regan, Ed Meese, and Jim Baker. His most stunning portrayal, though, is of Ronald Reagan. Secretary Shultz's assessment of Reagan is as revealing as it is startling. In Turmoil and Triumph, George Shultz documents it all - the hows and the whys, the personalities at play - so that it reads like high drama and "living history." Certainly no other book by a member of the Reagan administration has this depth of purpose, this scope, this degree of revelation, or makes a contribution of this significance.

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