Part I. More than a race to the moon -- Part II. World communism in a new era -- The balance sheet on Stalinism -- The Kremlin's new strategy -- Part III. Problems of the uncommitted world -- Growing more food -- Who shall own the land? -- More and more people -- Industrial growth comes slowly -- The price of poor health -- What people think and feel -- Part IV. Which road to the future? -- China tries communism -- India tries democracy -- Part V. A creative American response -- The challenge in perspective -- The objective is peace -- The vital need for military balance -- An expanded concept of NATO -- A fresh approach to colonialism -- Initiative in the Middle East -- What economic aid can and cannot do -- Help for those who help themselves -- The Formosa time bomb -- India, key to an independent Asia -- American representation abroad -- The need is for leadership