1. Introduction: Containment: indispensable yet unsatisfactory / Aaron Wildavsky -- 2. Background: Dilemmas of American foreign policy / Aaron Wildavsky -- The Soviet system / Aaron Wildavsky -- Reinspecting containment / Paul Seabury -- 3. Policy alternatives: Containment and the search for alternatives: a critique / Robert W. Tucker -- On hedging our bets: selective engagement with the Soviet Union / Ernst B. Haas -- Containment plus pluralization / Aaron Wildavsky -- Extended containment / Charles Wolf, Jr. -- Dynamic containment / Max Singer -- Foreign policy for an impulsive people / James L. Payne -- 4. Conclusion: From minimal to maximal containment / Aaron Wildavsky.