No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington (Paperback)

Prologue Introduction 1 Before the Crack in Time 2 Honest Broker 3 Policy Begins 4 The Middle East 5 Vladimir Putin 6 "The United States Is Under Attack" 7 War Planning Begins 8 The War on Terror and the Home Front 9 Trouble in Nuclear South Asia 10 The Two-State Solution 11 Thee World's Most Dangerous Weapons 12 Saddam Again 13 Confronting the International Community with a Choice 14 48 Hours 15 Bush the African 16 New Challenges in Iraq 17 2004 18 "Iraqis Need to Govern Themselves" 19 Another Step Toward a Palestinian State 20 Four More Years 21 Secretary of State 22 Promoting America's Interests and Values Abroad 23 High Mountains and Dirt 24 The Color Revolutions Multiply 25 Baghdad and Cairo 26 A Heartbreaking Place Called Darfur 27 Katrina 28 Bringing Back the All-Nighter 29 Can Anything Else Go Wrong? 30 Transformational Diplomacy 31 Building a New Relationship with India 32 Democracy in Latin America and Beyond 33 A Change of Leadership in Iraq 34 Shifting Course on Iran 35 The Middle East Plunges into War 36 Revising the Framework for the War on Terror 37 Iraq Spirals Downward 38 An Explosion in Asia and a Challenge for U.S.-China Relations 39 Playing the Last Card 40 A Diplomatic Surge 41 A New Approach to Latin America 42 Improving the Daily Lives of Palestinians 43 Iraq and the Home Front 44 The Road to Annapolis 45 Emergency Rule 46 Final-Status Talks Begin 47 A Final Year 622 48 It Seems Like Yesterday-It Seems Like Forever 49 Whither China? 50 Olmert Makes an Offer 51 Completing the Task of Building a Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace 52 War Breaks Out in Georgia 53 Cementing Key Relationships with Iraq and India 54 He Lives in His Own Head 55 One Last Chance for North Korea 56 The Financial Crisis of 2008 57 Mumbai 58 One Last Chance for a Palestinian State Epilogue Note on Sources Acknowledgments Index