Preliminary pages -- Contributors -- Photos -- Introduction -- Part 1: Coral Bell: The Person and the Scholar -- 1. Coral's Early Life -- 2. From External Affairs to Academia: Coral's Encounter with the KGB's Spy Ring in Australia -- 3. Coral Bell: A Preoccupation with Armageddon -- 4. Coral Bell: Recollections of an Optimistic Realist -- 5. Coral Bell and Her Mark on Strategic Studies -- Part 2: Understanding International Relations -- 6. The Interpretation of Power Politics: Coral Bell's International Thought -- 7. The Importance of Being Coral Bell -- 8. Coral Bell and the Classical Realist Tradition -- Part 3: The Practice of Power Politics -- 9. Realist Optimist: Coral Bell's Contribution to Australian Foreign and Defence Policy -- 10. Interpreting the Cold War -- 11. Coral Bell and the Conventions of Crisis Management -- 12. Coral Bell's Alliance Politics: Practitioner and Pundit -- 13. Coral Bell and the Concert of Power: Avoiding Armageddon -- Appendix: Coral's Publications.