CONTENTS
Preface = xii
Introductory note = xiii
Contributing authors = xx
1. British foreign policy : The limits of maneuver / ROBERT J. LIEBER = 1
Ⅰ. Britain's Declining World Role = 2
Ⅱ. Britain's Choices : The "Three Circles" = 4
Ⅲ. The European Security Constraint = 7
Ⅳ. The British Nuclear Deterrent = 10
Ⅴ. International Economic Cjontraints = 12
Ⅵ. The Roots of British American Friction = 17
Ⅶ. Conclusion = 18
Selected Bibliography = 20
2. French foreign policy : The quest for rank / ROY C. MACRIDIS = 22
Ⅰ. Background Factors = 23
Ⅱ. The Substance of Foreign Policy : Trends and Problems = 28
Ⅲ. The Legacy of the Fourth Republic （19461958） = 33
Ⅳ. The Fifth Republic and General De Gaulle （19581969） = 37
Ⅴ. The Gaullist Years : The Substance of Fjoreign Policy = 42
Ⅵ. After De Gaulle : The Pompidou Years （196974） = 49
Ⅶ. In Search of a Role Giscard D'Estaing = 55
Ⅷ. Public Opinion : A Noe = 69
Seclected Bibliography = 70
3. The foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany / JOSEF FOFFEE = 72
Introduction : The Legacy of History and Geography = 72
Ⅰ. The Politics of Impotence : West Germany as a special Case = 76
Ⅱ. The Political Style : Sovereignty Through Integration = 78
Ⅲ. Reunification Vs. Realpolitik = 81
Ⅳ. Domestic Sources and Foreign Policy = 87
Ⅴ. The Politics of Dependence = 89
Ⅵ. Ostpolitik : Old and New = 94
Ⅶ. Conclusion : The Continuities of German Foreign Policy = 103
Selected Bibliography = 111
4. America's foreign policy / ROBERT J. ART = 114
Introduction = 114
Isolationism Before 1945 = 117
The Nature of Containment Since 1945 = 121
Detente and Retrenchmant, 19691979 = 143
The "New" Cold War, 1980 = 158
Formulating and Executing Policy = 161
Selected Bibliography = 169
5. Soviet Fjoreign Policy / VERNON V,. ASPATURIAN = 170
Introductions : The Brezhnev Legacy = 170
The Soviet Union as an actor in the International System = 172
Analyzing Sjociet Foreign Policy Behavior = 179
Continuity and Change in Russian Foreign Policy = 181
Soviet Ideology and Foreign Policy = 189
The Administration and Execution of Soviet Foreign Policy = 225
Conclusions = 241
Selected Bibliography = 244
6. Foreign policy of china / ALLEN S. WHITING = 246
Conceptual Framework = 246
The Process of Policy : The Communist Component = 257
The Substance of Policy = 271
Future Prospects = 286
Selected Bibliography = 288
Chinese Name Spellings = 290
7. The foreign policy of japan / ROBERT A. SCALAPINO = 291
The Background of Japanese Foreign Policy = 291
The Formulation of Foreign Policy in Prewar Japan = 304
Japan Sjince 1945 : Occupation and its Aftermath
The Formulation of Foreign Policy in Postwar Japan = 314
Contemporary Issues in Japanese Fjoreign Policy = 323
Selected Bibliograph = 336
8. Dimensions of the Middle East problem / NADAV SAFRAN = 340
Introduction = 340
Ⅰ. The Domestic Dimension = 341
Ⅱ. The Regional Dimension = 345
Ⅲ. The Arab Israeli Dimension = 350
Ⅳ. The Great Power Dimension = 359
The Configuration in the Fall of 1983 = 369
Selected Bibliography = 373
9. The foreign policy of Latin America / RIORDANROETT = 375
Introduction = 375
Geography and History = 376
The Independence Period = 378
Latin Ameica From Mid Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth Century = 381
The U.S.Intervenes = 382
Latin America and the International System = 384
The Gjood Neighbor = 385
Latin America and World War Ⅱ = 386
The Post World War Era = 388
Foreign Policy Since 1959 : Uncertainty, Drift, and Frustration = 392
An Uncertain Autonomy = 394
Insertion in the International System : A Sense of Drift = 398
Recent Changes in the Foreign Policies of Latin America = 399
Authoritarian Regimes and Foreign Policy = 400
The New Economic Realities = 403
U.S.Security Concerns = 404
Regional Disputes = 406
Conclusion = 408
Selected Bjibliography = 409
10. Foreign policy of the European community / FRACOISE DE LA SERRE = 411
Ⅰ. Background Factors = 412
Ⅱ. Recent Trends and New Instruments = 419
Ⅲ. Achievements and Problems = 423
Ⅳ. Conclusion = 432
Selected Bibliography = 434
Index = 436
