CHAPTER I: THE DULLES CONVERSION . . . . 19CHAPTER II: THE DEPENDABLES . . . . . 51CHAPTER III: INITIAL STEPS . . . . . 84CHAPTER IV: UNITED ACTION . . . . . 105CHAPTER V: MANILA PACT . . . . . . 137CHAPTER VI: SEATO IN ACTION . . . . . 165CHAPTER VII: STRUGGLE FOR BURMA . . . . 193CHAPTER VIII: ADDING JAPAN . . . . . 219CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . 246