^R This volume examines certain recurrent issues in the fashioning and maintenance of consensus. Contents: Introduction, Kenneth W. Thompson, Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson; Simplification vs. Explanation Michael Joseph Smith; Two Crises, Not One, Major S. Nelson Drew; Nuclear Compliance and Consensus, Lynda M. Rozell; New Law on Old Foundations: Newly Independent States and the Established International Legal System, Betty A. Hempfling; Leadership and Consensus, Nicolai Petro; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson; Appendix A: Vietnam Involvement Was a Failure, Not a Folly, John Mueller; Appendix B: United States Foreign Policy: A Theory-Practice-Support Connection, Phillip W. Buchen.