Richard Nixon : United States Foreign Policy for the 1970s

Building for Peace. A report by President Richard Nixon to the Congress, february 25, 1971

Index

• To the Congress of the United States
• Introduction
  • A period of transition
  • The new American role
• Part I: The Nixon Doctrine
  • Toward new forms of partnership
  • The process of implementation
  • The record of implementation
  • The necessity for dialogue
• Part II: Relating national interests
  • Europe
    • The evolution of partnership
    • The challenge of European unity
    • The problems of modern societies
    • Aliance defense
    • The threat and NATO strategy
    • The military situation in Europe
    • Sharing aliance burdens equitably
    • U.S. forces in Europe
    • East-West relations in Europe
    • A Western consensus
    • The major issues
    • Eastern and Central Europe
    • Issues for the future
  • The Western Hemisphere
    • Forces of change
    • Adjusting our relationship
    • United States policy
    • Sharing responsibility
    • Positive contribution to development
    • A community of diversity
    • Concern for people
    • Issues for the future
  • Indochina
    • What we found and where we are
    • Our choices and our objectives
    • Negotiations
    • Vietnamization
    • Pacification
    • Cambodian sanctuary operations
    • Political and Economic issues
    • Prisoners of war
    • Problems for the future
  • Laos and Cambodia
    • United States policy
    • Cambodia
    • Laos
    • The prospects
  • East Asia and the Pacific
    • Beyond the Nixon Doctrine
    • The past - laying the foundation for a stable East Asia
    • The present - the need for a new approach
    • The application of the Nixon Doctrine
    • The future - beyond the Nixon Doctrine
    • The contribution of Asian nations working together
    • Japan
    • The problem of China
    • The Soviet Union
  • South Asia
  • Africa
    • Peace
    • Development
    • Justice
    • Progress
    • The future
  • The Middle East
    • The Arab-Israeli conflict
    • The United States initiative
    • The shape of peace in the Middle East
    • Great power contest
    • Nationalism in the area
    • Issues for the future
  • International Economic Policy
    • International monetary policy
    • Foreign assistance
    • Purposes
    • Development programs for the 1970s
    • The downward trend reversed
    • Trade
    • Issues for the future
• Part III: The Soviet Union
  • A new American-Soviet relationship
• Part IV: Securing National Interests
  • Introduction
    • Strategic policy and forces
    • The strategic balance
    • The doctrine of Strategic Sufficiency
    • The forces for sufficiency
    • Ballistic missile defense
  • General Purpose forces
    • Guidelines for general purposes forces
    • Designing our general purpose forces
    • Agenda for the future
  • Security aasistance
  • Arms control
    • Progress to date
    • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
    • The course of SALT negotiations
    • SALT issues for the future
    • Mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe
  • Conclusion
• Part V: The World Interest
  • The United Nations
    • The preservation of peace
    • The need for restraint
    • Human betterment
    • The nature of our participation
    • Global challenges
    • The future
  • Global Challenges - the new dimension in foreign affairs
    • The environment
    • The Oceans
    • Population control
    • International cooperation against crime
    • Assisting the victims of disaster
    • Protection of endagnered species
    • Science and technology
• Part VI: The National Security Council System
  • Introduction
  • The process
  • The structure
  • Illustrations
• Conclusion