Table of Contents:
  • Theories of intentions and the problem of attention
  • Indicators of Nazi Germany's intentions and the coming of World War II, 1934-39
  • British decision makers' perceptions of Nazi Germany's intentions
  • The British intelligence community's assessments of Nazi Germany's intentions
  • The Carter era and the collapse of detente, 1977-80
  • US decision makers' perceptions of Soviet intentions : the collapse of detente
  • The US intelligence community's assessments of Soviet intentions : the collapse of detente
  • Indicators of Soviet intentions and the end of the Cold War, 1985-88
  • US decision makers' perceptions of Soviet intentions : the end of the Cold War
  • The US intelligence community's assessments of Soviet intentions : the end of the Cold War
  • Summary and implications.