Sam C. Sarkesian is professor and chairman of the Political Science Department, Loyola University of Chicago. He is associate chairman of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.

• Preface -- Introduction -- Changing Strategic Issues -- The President and the National Security Apparatus -- National Security Organization and Process in the Carter Administration -- The Policy Impacts of the Carter Defense Program -- Intervention Policies of the Carter Administration: Political and Military Dimensions -- Europe and the Superpowers -- The United States, China and Japan -- The Presidency and Defense Policy: Questions for the Future -- A Final Word