1. Editorial

   • R. L. Flood

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Ackoff 's fables: Very short stories with very sharp points—The Shahbanou

   • Russell L. Ackoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 4

3. What systems thinking can learn from history

   • Omid Nodoushani

   Papers Pages: 5 - 19

4. Strategic ideologies and state hegemony, with empirical illustrations from Japan and the United Kingdom

   • Keiko Morita
   • John C. Oliga

   Papers Pages: 21 - 36

5. Methodology choice in a coercive context

   • Gilbert Mansell

   Papers Pages: 37 - 46

6. Systems thinking in British Telecom Training: A brief account

   • Stephen Farr

   Research Note Pages: 47 - 58

7. Book reviews

   • Gerald Midgley
   • Gilbert Mansell
   • Mike Clemson

   BookReview Pages: 59 - 72

8. News

   • Wendy Gregory

   News Pages: 73 - 76