1. The resort to arms / F. S. Northedge -- 2. The use of force by the great powers / Kenneth Kinney -- 3. The regional use of force / Chris Farrands -- 4. Force, intervention and internal conflict / Adrian Guelke -- 5. Substitutes for force: the example of subversion / Jack D. Ruebensaal -- 6. Force in the relations bewteen great powers and the third world / Trevor Taylor -- 7. Internal restraints on the use of force / Barry Buzan -- 8. Force and internaltional law / Jeffrey Golden -- 9. War and social change / David Dunn