| List of Illustrations | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes | |
| Ch. 1 | Director of the Policy Planning Staff | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Launching the Marshall Plan | 43 |
| Ch. 3 | Meditertanean Crises: Greece, Italy, and Palestine | 75 |
| Ch. 4 | The North Atlantic Treaty | 113 |
| Ch. 5 | The Division of Germany | 141 |
| Ch. 6 | Titoism, Eastern Europe, and Political Warfare | 178 |
| Ch. 7 | The Limits of America's China Policy | 212 |
| Ch. 8 | Japan and Southeast Asia | 247 |
| Ch. 9 | The Hydrogen Bomb and the Soviet Threat | 281 |
| Ch. 10 | Korean Dilemmas and Beyond | 314 |
| Conclusion: America's Global Planner? | 346 |
| Appendix A: Policy Planning Staff Papers, 1947-1949 | 359 |