This original collection is one of the first comprehensive attempts to identify and synthesize these issues and to analyze their importance to future U.S. strategic approaches to Asian-Pacific security.

"William T. Tow is visiting assistant professor in the German Graduate Program (Munich) of the School of International Relations, University of Southern California. He is coeditor of China, the Soviet Union, and the West (Westview, 1981).
William R. Feeney is associate professor in the Department of Government and Public Affairs at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has contributed articles to several recent books on China and Sino-American relations."

Also of Interest -- Introduction -- U.S. Alliance Policies and Asian-Pacific Security: A Transregional Approach* -- Northeast Asia in American Security Policy -- Southeast Asian Security in the 1980s: An Intraregional Perspective -- U.S. Security Interests in Southeast Asia -- The U.S. Security Alliance System in the Southwest Pacific -- The Pacific Basing System and U.S. Security -- Transregionalism in the Asian-Pacific: Future Directions