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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Road to Rome
Chapter 2 Shaping a Policy
Chapter 3 A Difficult Beginning
Chapter 4 Andreotti Goes to Washington
Chapter 5 On a Slippery Slope
Chapter 6 The Moment of Truth
Chapter 7 The Moro Tragedy
Chapter 8 The Turning Point
Chapter 9 The Missile Debate
Chapter 10 Crisis Diplomacy with Mixed Results
Chapter 11 The Final Months

About the Author

Richard N. Gardner is professor of law and internationalorganization at Columbia Law School and counsel to the global lawfirm of Morgan Lewis. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy from1977 to 1981 and as U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 1993 to 1997.

Reviews

Richard Gardner's book about his time as ambassador to Italy duringmy administration is a dramatic, accurate account of one of themost difficult and successful diplomatic missions in the history ofthe Cold War.
*former president Jimmy Carter*

An exemplary and fascinating story not only of an Americanintellectual and scholar in Italy, but also of one of the mostcomplex periods in the political life of our country and ofEurope.
*Francesco Cossiga, former Italian president and primeminister*

Richard Gardner's account of those years, nourished by his personalrecords and by previously unpublished documents, helps us to betterunderstand the greatness and smallness of Italian leaders of thosetimes and the role played by the United States on the delicateboundary between an unavoidable active interest and an interferenceit wished to avoid. Portraits and analyses are presented with greateffectiveness.
*Giuliano Amato, former Italian prime minister*

Richard Gardner's memoir of a crucial time in U.S. relations withItaly is both an enthralling story and a significant contributionto the history of the Cold War.
*Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Pulitzer-prize winning historian*

I feel I have traveled at Gardner's side through a stirring periodof history. That he is able to assemble such detailed recollectionshas my special admiration and, take my word for it, there is noaccount of American diplomacy like his.
*Henry Graff, professor emeritus of history, ColumbiaUniversity*

This is an engaging and highly readable book which throws lightupon U.S. foreign policy during the Carter administration.
*Political Studies Review*

This is a fascinating book that says a lot about American diplomacyand attitudes towards Italian politics.
*Journal of Contemporary European Studies*

Mission Italy is a scrupulously honest and thoroughly documentednarrative of a critical episode in the history of the Cold War.Rich in anecdotes and revealing details, it can serve as aguidebook for students of diplomacy and aspiring diplomats.
*Zbigniew Brzezinski, "Compelling, readable, and very moving!"*

A much-needed addition to the catalogue of scholarly work on theforeign policy of president Jimmy Carter.
*Douglas Brinkley, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Center,Tulane University.*

To understand Italian politics fully in that crucial period ofItalian history it is indispensable to read . . . AmbassadorGardner’s critically important memoir.
*Relations Internationales*

Gardner had the true diplomatic ability to say even unpalatablethings in a polite fashion. If he disappointed many hopes, he leftItalian-American relations in a much healthier state than he foundthem, and that is no small praise for an ambassador.
*New York Review of Books*

[Gardner's] latest book proves him an able historian as well as anaccomplished diplomat. . . . [I feel] gratitude that so importantan epoch in American and European history has been recorded soauthoritatively and so interestingly. . . . A book worth readingand worth remembering.
*New York Law Journal*

An excellent guide for teaching the practice of diplomacy and amost valuable source book on international relations during theCold War. Rare is the book that combines instruction with realexperience and presents both in such a readable format.
*Ralph Buultjens, New York University*