The chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times offers a riveting insider's account describing the national security crises that will confront America's next president from a nuclear Iran to the lock up of Chinese oil supplies in Africa.;pt. 1. Iran : the Mullahs' Manhattan Project. -- Decoding Project 111 -- Regime-change fantasies -- Ahmadinejad's monologue -- The Israel option -- pt. 2. Afghanistan : how the good war went bad. -- The Marshall plan that wasn't -- The other "mission accomplished" -- pt. 3. Pakistan : "how do you invade an ally?" -- Secrets of Chaklala Cantonment -- Crossing the line -- pt. 4. North Korea : the nuclear renegade that got away. -- Kim Jong-Il 8, Bush 0 -- Cheney's lost war -- "Everything is Appomattox -- pt. 5. China : new torch, old dragons. -- Generation Lenovo -- The puncture strategy -- pt. 6. The three vulnerabilities. -- Deterrence 2.0 -- The invisible attack -- Dark angel -- Epilogue : Obama's challenge.