Pt. 1. Destroying the balance of power in the Pacific. War in the Pacific : a major Soviet objective
Charming the Reds : Roosevelt woos Stalin
Personal diplomacy at Cairo and Teheran
Yalta : prologue to tragedy
That unneeded ally
Potsdam, the Bomb, and Japanese surrender
Yalta plagues American diplomacy
Pt. 2. Undermining an ally. The treasury takes a hand
Stilwell's personal vendetta
Some foreign service officers look to Yenan
Negotiating with the communists
About face in the state department
Congress looks the other way
Pt. 3. Coup de grace. Marshall makes matters worse
The IPR : transmission belt for Soviet propaganda
Subversion along the linotype front : reviewers at work
Too little, too late : aid to Nationalist China
Fall of the mainland
Pt. 4. Post mortem. Retrospect and prospect.