ABSTRACT

This book, based on information consolidated to cover the calendar years 1978 and 1979, assesses the power of nations in the international context as a basis for planning American defense and foreign policy. It suggests a realistic way of thinking about the balance of power in the 1980s.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part I|28 pages

Concept and Methodology

chapter Chapter One|17 pages

Politectonics: Measuring the Strength of Nations

chapter Chapter Two|8 pages

Polarity: Political and Geographic

part II|146 pages

Assessment of the Power of Nations

part III|25 pages

U.S. Grand Strategy and Foreign Policy for the 1980s

chapter Chapter Eight|23 pages

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