Foreword by James J. Sheehan
Editors' Note
PART ONE: The Historian's Craft
1. On the Nature of Diplomatic History: The Relevance of Some Old Books
2. On the Pleasure of Reading Diplomat Correspondence
3. The Historian and the Study of International Relations
PART TWO: The Balance of Power
4. The System of Alliances and the Balance of Power
5. Europe and the Balance of Power, 1871-1914
6. The Founding Fathers and the Balance of Power
7. The United States and the European Balance
8. Germany and the United States: Some Historic Parallels and Differences and their Reflection in Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy
PART THREE: Between the Wars
9. Prewar Diplomacy in Europe
10. Munich: The Price of Peace
11. Dangerous Liaisons
PART FOUR: The Second World War and Beyond
12. Roosevelt and Hitler: The Problem of Perception
13. Diplomats and Diplomacy During the Second World War
14. Churchill and Germany
15. The Good Soldier
16. Looking for Order
REFERENCE MATTER
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index
