"Published under the joint sponsorship of the Center for Continuing Education and the Institute on East Central Europe, Columbia University." Papers presented at a conference held at Columbia University, Dec. 3-5, 1971.

1.Is there an East Central Europe? / Hugh Seton-Watson -- 2. Fascism in interwar Eastern Europe: the dichotomy of power and influence / Peter F. Sugar -- 3. Legitimacy of power in East Central Europe / Alfred Meyer -- 4. Spheres of influence and Soviet war aims in 1943 / Vojtech Mastny -- 5. The national question and the political systems of Eastern Europe / Paul Shoup -- 6. Toward a socialist economic integration of Eastern Europe / Heinrich Machowski -- 7. East Central European studies: their present and future: The role of the social sciences / by Peter C. Ludz ; Research opportunities / by George W. Hoffman -- 8. Normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Eastern Europe.