Analyses superpower competition in the Third World, and contains assessments of the policy options. Demonstrates that competition in the Third World between the U.S. and the Soviet Union has many dimensions: military, political, ideological and economic. Illustrates that the policies of the Soviet Union and U.S. toward the Third World have gone through a considerable evolution during the four decades since the end of the Second World War.

This book is a comprehensive study of postwar European neutrality in the context of East-West relations. Hakovirta uses comparative case studies to explore such topics as the general features of neutral foreign policies, how the main neutrals--Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland--have fared in the face of East-West confrontations, the role of neutral states as third parties in the control and resolution of East-West conflicts, and the overall viability of neutrality as an option in European foreign policy.

This book aims to bring together American and West German scholars in order to analyze U.S., German, and Soviet elite perceptions of East-West conflict. It attempts to assess the policy implications and political options for the West.