Introduction: Khenry and Anatol
Precedents and back-channel games, 1968-1970
At a crossroads: Cienfuegos, SALT, and Germany-Berlin
Playing a game, finding a lever: back channels and Sino-American rapprochement
Divergent channels: a watershed on the subcontinent
Vietnam in U.S.-Soviet back channels, November 1971-April 1972
Cancellation crises
Conclusion: at the summit, achieving détente.