Robert Osgood was the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins. He served as the Director at the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research at Johns Hopkins University from 1965 to 1973. From 1973 to 1979 he was the Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies.

• ForwardChapter 1: Introduction: Reappraisal of American PolicyPart I: The PrincipalsChapter 2: The American OutlookChapter 3: The Soviet OutlookPart II: The ConditionsChapter 4: The Domestic SceneChapter 5: The Military IssuesChapter 6: The Economic ConstraintsPart III: The ArenasChapter 7: EuropeChapter 8: The Third WorldIndex