Discusses dimensions of international politics and the Arab response to them, as well as implications for the United States.

Arab foreign policy : implication for the United States --Nasser's approach to international politics -- Nationalism and anti-Westernism -- The Arab situation -- The Arab States -- Lessons of the past -- Arabs steer their own course : from the Palestine War to Suez -- Arabs steer their own course : From Suez to the breakup of the U.A.R. -- The Arab-Israel conflict -- Policies and prospects : the Arab area -- Policies and prospects : Afro-Asia -- Policies and prospects : the great powers -- Alternatives for the United States.