This book is a comparative study of the role that domestic factors play in shaping the form and content of Western policy towards the Soviet Union. The countries whose policies are featured are Great Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

Politics and policies, Gregory Flynn; Anglo-Soviet relations - a world order problem, Michael Clarke; between adjustment and ambition - Franco-Soviet relations and French foreign policy, Dominque Moisi and Gregory Flynn; the Federal Republic of Germany - the case of a reluctant latecomer, Karl Kaiser; Italo-Soviet relations - the changing domestic agenda, Marta Dassu; Japanese-Soviet relations - on the frontier, Hiroshi Kimura; systematic problems - American policy toward the Soviet Union, Joseph S.Nye, Jr; western security policy toward the Soviet Union - problems of unity and diversity, Robbin Laird and Phil Williams.