This book offers a conceptual framework that explains when and why a great power would choose to cooperate with smaller states via regional cooperation forums rather than in a bilateral setting.
1. Introduction 2. What Explains Strategy Choice? The Theoretical Framework 3. The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Pact-American Policy Toward Early Postwar Security Arrangements in Asia 4. From United Action to the Manila Pact--The Eisenhower Administration and Regional Security in Europe--A Comparative Perspective 5. To NAT and Beyond--U.S. Policy Toward Regional Security in Europe--A Comparative Perspective 6. American Strategies for the Revivial of Postwar Japanese Trade During the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations 7. U.S. Policy Concerning Foreign Aid to Asia--From Truman to Johnson 8. American Strategies for European Economic Recovery: The Marshall Plan in a Comparative Perspective 9. Wither America's Regional Strategy? Implications for Post-Cold War Policies
