Introduction -- The United States and the Soviet Union / Robert C. Gray -- The United States and arms control / Robert J. Bresler -- The United States and China / Michael L. Baron -- The United States and the Middle East / Jerome Slater -- The United States and the Persian Gulf / Carl Leiden -- The United States and Latin America / Karl M. Schmitt -- The United States and sub-Saharan Africa / Leon Gordenker -- The United States and the United Nations / Stanley J. Michalak, Jr. -- The United States and the world economy / Miles Kahler