399pp. Bibliography. Notes. A very good, clean, tight, bright copy. "A volumeof essays which tries to reflect the views of specialists from different countries ------ The theme of our study ---- contains a range of issues of both considerable historical interest, and indeed of concern to current policy makers, namely, the role of small nations in the international system, the function of East - West trade, the relationship between "foreign"and "economic"policy and the nature of alliance building" (Editors)