Stalin's death on March 6, 1953, reopened the debate within the Eisenhower administration over whether or not the United States should propose and actively promote the reunification of Germany at a summit conference. Written by an insider, this is the only published firsthand account of this foreign policy decision-a decision that illuminated the dilemmas of the Cold War at an important moment. W. W. Rostow examines the origins of Eisenhower's "peace speech" of April 16, 1953, and of the National Security Council's debate on the German question between John Foster Dulles and presidential...

This survey delineates various aspects of and major issues in international terrorism in 1986, focusing on western states' policies on terrorism and the use of and support for terrorism by Middle Eastern states. It also presents an analysis of trends in Palestinian terrorism.

This book deals with central elements of the cultural, political and social background of Austrian economic theory in general and Menger's version of it in particular. It draws on Menger's theoretical writings as well as on his explicitly methodological works as source material.