Presents an interview of the authors regarding their forthcoming book, including biographical sketches of Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, Robert Lovett, George Kennan, John McCloy, and Charles Bohlen, all charter members of the post-World War II foreign policy establishment. (JDH)

The roots of American involvement in Vietnam, which stem from the ending of World War II, are examined. (RM)

United States foreign policy should serve moral goals. The U.S. identity is inextricably involved with the Constitution and with the ethos expressed by and through it. Moral purpose is, therefore, indissolubly involved with our conception of national identity. (RM)

Outlines some of the strategies and problems of mass communication, especially between countries, and explains some specific propaganda methods used by national leaders. (RB)

A history of French rule in Indochina is offered by way of explanation of the current involvement of the United States in that Asian country. (JB)

A science of cross cultural communication is needed to close the culture gap that exists at the international level. Misunderstanding of people of different cultures from one's own results from ignorance and isolation. (CK)

The purpose of this brief analysis is to delineate the character of the relationship between the pattern of ethnic stratification in the U.S. and American foreign policy described in this article as reciprocal causality." Racial disturbances directly affect the American image abroad and foreign policy has direct impact upon the American racial…

An analysis of two foreign policy surveys taken in the 1970s showed that Americans viewed the role of the United States in world affairs as either cooperative or militant internationalism. There was no consensus. Political philosophy, education, and region of the country consistently affected the respondents' attitudes. (Author/RM)

Discusses how American-Israeli relations are more influenced by news media reports than by a consistent American foreign policy. The mass media were manipulated so that Israeli military acts of self-defense were condemned as acts of agression. Menachem Begin's role as an irritant in efforts to establish peace in the Middle East is examined. (AM)

The deficit of second language speakers in the United States is felt: (1) politically, where a need for speaking the other country's language is not met; (2) economically, evident in the United States trade deficit; and (3) socially, where feelings of nationality and superiority may endanger foreign relations. (PJM)

Comments on Brian Mussington's critique of the author's 1987 article on the paradigms of international studies research. Defends the author's identification of alternative paradigms in comparative foreign policy literature as well as his criticism of events data research. A further response by Mussington follows. (LS)