• Introduction: The Adventurous Journey of Nixon in the World
• Parameters
• 1: Jussi M. Hanhimäki (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva): An Elusive Grand Design
• 2: David Greenberg (Rutgers University): Nixon as Statesman: The Failed Campaign
• 3: Jeremi Suri (University of Wisconsin): Henry Kissinger and American Grand Strategy in the 1970s
• 4: Dominic Sandbrook (Oxford University): Salesmanship and Substance: The Influence of Domestic Policy and Watergate
• Openings
• 5: Margaret MacMillan (St. Antony's College, Oxford University): Nixon, Kissinger, and the Opening to China
• 6: Francis J. Gavin (University of Texas at Austin): Nuclear Nixon: Ironies, Puzzles, and the Triumph of Realpolitik
• 7: Mary Elise Sarotte (University of Southern California): The Frailties of Grand Strategies: A Comparison of Détente and Ostpolitik
• 8: Michael Cotey Morgan (Yale University): The United States and the Making of the Helsinki Final Act
• Closings
• 9: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen (University of Kentucky): Waging War on All Fronts: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Vietnam War, 1969-1972
• 10: Robert D. Schulzinger (University of Colorado, Boulder): The End of the Vietnam War, 1973-1976
• Flashpoints, Hotspots, and Allies
• 11: Salim Yaqub (University of California, Santa Barbara): The Weight of Conquest: Henry Kissinger and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
• 12: Robert J. McMahon (Ohio State University): The Danger of Geopolitical Fantasies: Nixon, Kissinger, and the South Asia Crisis of 1971
• 13: Mark Atwood Lawrence (University of Texas at Austin): History from Below: The United States and Latin America in the Nixon Years
• 14: Thomas W. Zeiler (University of Colorado, Boulder): Nixon Shocks Japan, Inc
• 15: Robert Bothwell (University of Toronto): Thanks for the Fish: Nixon, Kissinger, and Canada