Part I. The cold war come and gone : Strange new world: Power and systems in transformation -- Americ's changing national interests -- "Wrong, terribly wrong": The United States and Vietnam -- Can the United States lead the world? -- From Russia to the Soviet Union -- From the Soviet Union back to Russia -- Part II. The global south : South Africa and the end of colonialism -- Eternal warfare in the holy land? -- Oil and turmoil: The persian gulf -- The troubled Americas: Our neglected South -- Economic development: The rich and the poor -- Part III. The eternal threats : National security: How states protect themselves -- Nuclear politics: Is the bomb here to stay? -- Part IV. The economic blocs : The uniting of Europe -- Pacific tremors -- The United States and globalization -- Part V. The politics of a new world -- Diplomacy -- International law -- The United Nations -- Giving peace a chance

1. International relations
2. World politics
3. United States -- Foreign relations