Author's Note xi
Prologue 1(4)
PART ONE The West
1 Not-So-Humble Beginnings
5(5)
2 Gentlemanly Rebel
10(4)
3 Roast Beef and Russia
14(5)
4 The Dangers of Derision
19(4)
5 Table Tennis and Trotsky
23(3)
6 Culture and the Coming War
26(5)
7 Suspect
31(6)
8 Brothers
37(5)
9 The End of the Game?
42(4)
10 The Jewish Question
46(7)
PART TWO The East
11 Table Tennis Bandits
53(8)
12 The Trojan Dove
61(6)
13 The Rise of Asia
67(5)
14 Tiny Tornadoes
72(5)
15 Reconnaissance
77(6)
16 The Golden Game
83(4)
17 Setting the Table
87(4)
18 The End of Brotherhood
91(5)
19 Preparation
96(6)
20 Sacrifice
102(4)
21 Nourishing the Team
106(6)
22 Ping-Pong Espionage
112(5)
23 Cheery Martial Music
117(3)
24 The Chance to Shine
120(6)
25 Fallout
126(3)
26 Heroes of the Nation
129(6)
27 Spreading the Gospel
135(5)
28 The Grinding Halt
140(5)
29 Under Pressure
145(3)
30 House of Cards
148(5)
31 Death to the Doubters
153(6)
32 Down to the Country
159(6)
PART THREE East Meets West
33 The World at War
165(8)
34 The Seeds of Peace
173(5)
35 Long Hair, Light Heart
178(6)
36 Could the Great Wall Crumble?
184(4)
37 A Measured Coincidence
188(5)
38 An Invitation Home
193(6)
39 Surprise
199(4)
40 Decisions to Be Made
203(4)
41 The Worries
207(3)
42 Crossing the Borders
210(7)
43 All Eyes on America
217(5)
44 Tension
222(6)
45 Nixon's Game
228(6)
46 Political Ping-Pong
234(7)
PART FOUR Aftermath
47 Return Game
241(6)
48 Capital Performance
247(4)
49 United Nations
251(5)
50 The Hippie Opportunist
256(6)
51 The Heights
262(3)
52 The Costs
265(8)
Epilogue 273(4)
Acknowledgments 277(4)
Notes 281(36)
Selected Bibliography 317(8)
Index 325