"The Center for International Relations at Boston University in association with United States Strategic Institute, Washington, D.C."

Preface /Walter F. Hahn -- Introduction / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick -- Central America: the larger regional scenario / R. Bruce McColm -- The geopolitical stakes in Central American crisis / Ashley J. Tellis -- The "Mantos" of the Sandinistas / Douglas W. Payne -- The Sandinista regime past the watershed / Arturo J. Cruz -- Revolutionary change and the Nicaraguan people / Nestor D. Sanchez -- The dying war in El Salvador / H. Joachim Maitre -- The U.S. action in Grenada: its context and its meaning / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick -- Cuba and the U.S.: constants and variables / Jaime Suchlicki -- Castro's ambitions amid new winds from Moscow / R. Bruce. McColm -- The Unites States and Mexico / H. Eugene Douglas -- Mexican immigration: a fortress America? / Sol Sanders -- U.S. options -- and illusions -- in Central America / David C. Jordan -- The Reagan Doctrine in outline / William R. Bode -- Covert action: a substitute for clear U.S. policy / Malcolm Wallop -- The Reagan Doctrine: it awaits implementation / Angelo Codevilla -- Why not a Kennedy-Reagan Doctrine? / John R. Silber.