(print) xviii, 179 p. ; 23 cm
"A publication of the Mershon Center for Education in National Security."

Introduction 3 -- Foreign policy analysis 3 -- The strategic image as an analytical concept 4 -- Data sources and problems 5 -- The nature of a strategic image 6 -- The utility of image analysis 7 -- Chapter One : Norwegian Foreign Policy in Perspective 13 -- A country profile 13 -- An overview of Norway in world affairs 17 -- Summary 30 -- Chapter Two : The Emergence of New Axioms in Norwegian Foreign Policy 47 -- World War II and the London government 47 -- The emergence of new concepts 50 -- Norway's relations with Norden in World War II 55 -- Norwegian-Soviet Relations 61 -- Norway and the United Nations Organization 64 -- Chapter Three : The Search for Security : Bridgebuilding in the United Nations 75 -- The strategic image at the beginning of the postwar period 75 -- The policy of bridgebuilding 79 -- Chapter Four : The Search for Security : Scandinavia and the Atlantic 101 -- The security problem in perspective 101 -- Prelude to the Scandinavian defense negotiations 103 -- The position of Sweden and Denmark 105 -- The period of the Scandinavian defense investigation 110 -- The period of the Scandinavian political negotiations 117 -- The move toward the Atlantic Pact 124 -- Chapter Five : The Trend of Norwegian Foreign Policy 143 -- The evolution of the Norwegian strategic image 143 -- Norwegian consideration of a Scandinavian alternative 147 -- Conclusion 159 -- Appendixes 165 -- Bibliographic note 169 -- Index 171