"Based on a conference held at the Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University."

Bibliographical footnotes.

Foreword / Lauris Norstad -- The issues in perspective / Karl H. Cerny and Henry W. Briefs -- U.S. policy toward NATO / George W. Ball -- The nuclear question -- Economic problems -- The political dimension -- The crisis of the alliance / Hans J. Morgenthau -- The crisis of political leadership / Robert Strausz-Hupé -- Perspective on nuclear policy / Klaus Knorr -- The military effectiveness of NATO / James E. Moore -- Practical considerations about cooperation / W. Randolph Burgess -- The need for a common nuclear strategy / Friedrich Ruge -- Nuclear deterrence and world strategy / André Beaufre -- The problem of the nuclear trigger / Stefan T. Possony -- The case for a multinational nuclear strike force / John Slessor -- Requirements for a European deterrent in the 1970's / Philip E. Mosely -- European integration and Atlantic partnership / Kurt Birrenbach -- The advantages of diversity in NATO / John W. Holmes --

Economic problems of the alliance / Lawrence B. Krause -- The trend toward economic cooperation / Stanislaw Wasowski -- An economic strategy for NATO / Karl Brandt -- Economic dimensions of Atlantic partnership / Pierre Uri -- Toward an integrated Atlantic community / Maurice Allais -- Toward constructive world leadership / Hendrik Brugmans -- NATO and east-central Europe / Milorad Drachkovitch -- Background for atlantic partnership / Robert Kleiman.