A Note to the Reader = xiv Abbreviations = xv Introduction: The Puzzle and Its Importance = 1 1. The Enigma of History = 9 2. The Argument: Quasi Alliances = 36 3. Cooperation Under the Nixon Doctrine, 1969-1971 = 59 4. Detente and the Heightening Crisis, 1972-1974 = 100 5. Vietnam and the Carter Years, 1975-1979 = 141 6. The 1980s: Evolution and Friction During the Reagan Years = 169 Conclusion: Quasi Allies or Adversaries in the Post-Cold War Era? = 199 Appendix Tables = 235 Notes = 243 Works Cited = 335 = Index = 359.