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Criticizes the U.S. policy of appeasing Syria and helping it virtually annex Lebanon. Participation of Syria in the anti-Iraq coalition during the Persian Gulf War because the Iraqi Ba'ath and the Syrian Ba'ath have long been vying with each other to dominate the region; Failure to consider the sins Syria committed against the American people in the past; Secretary of State James Baker and President George Bush's plan to convince Israel to give up the Golan Heights; Decision of the U.S. government to insist on a U.N. presence at Arab-Israeli peace talks; Author's claim that the appeasement of Syria will probably fail on its own terms.

Asserts that patient American-led diplomacy is needed to sort out the inevitable loose ends of the war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Current state of the Middle East; Plight of the Kurds; International supervision; Visits by US Secretary of State James Baker to Israel; Potential for Arab-Israeli peace; Details; Outlook.

Focuses on United States foreign policy initiatives. Details of its nuclear nonproliferation initiative with the Soviet Union; Details of its engagement in peace talks between Israel and Palestine; Limitations of these initiatives, such as the failure of their predecessors; U.S. nuclear unilateralism policies; Outlook for these initiatives.