1. Introduction -- 2. From where I stood: a panel -- 3. Korean War and U.S. foreign relations: the case of NATO / Lawrence S. Kaplan -- 4. Korean War and American society / John Edward Wiltz -- 5. Communist side: an exploratory sketch / Robert R. Simmons -- 6. Korean War: the historian's task / Richard W. Leopold -- 7. Mr. Truman's way with crises / W. Averell Harriman -- 8. Has America lost her way?: a retrospect on Mr. Truman / Clark M. Clifford.