The volume details the Reagan administration’s overall approach to North Africa, its conception of the region as it related to broader U.S. geopolitical goals, and its attempts to address the wide, often interrelated, range of political, economic, and strategic challenges posed to U.S. interests in the area.

This volume documents the foreign policy decision making of the administration of President Ronald Reagan. It focuses on a global and thematic approach to U.S. foreign economic policies toward the developing world from 1981 until 1988.

This volume documents the foreign policy decision making of the administration of President Jimmy Carter, focusing on efforts to modernize U.S. nuclear and conventional forces; undertake a comprehensive net assessment of the global balance of power; craft national security strategies; sustain the NATO alliance; preserve telecommunications security; prepare for crisis management and national emergencies; and update nuclear war planning.