Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Making of a Missionary (1876-1908) -- Religious and Secular Work at Nanking Theological Seminary (1908-1919) -- Educational Aims and Emphases -- Developing Yenching into a Chinese Institution -- Infusing Christianity into Yenching's Students -- Stuart and Chinese Politics (1925-1937) -- Stuart and the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1941) -- From Detention Cell to Ambassadorial Chancellery -- Stuart and the Marshall Mission (1946) -- The Diplomacy of Hope (1947) -- The Diplomacy of Perseverance (1948) -- The Tortuous Road of a Missionary Diplomat (1949) -- The Last Years (1950-1962) -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs