Differing points of view on the draft, rationing, women in the armed forces, Japanese Americans, minority support, and the atomic bomb.
General Note
Includes index and chronology.
Content Note
The United States should remain neutral / Fraanklin D. Roosevelt -- Roosevelt's policies jeopardize American neutrality / Arthur H. Vandenberg -- A military draft should be opposed / Maxwell S. Stewart -- A military draft shoud be supported / Freda Kirchwey -- The United States should aid the allies / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The United States should not aid the allies / Robert M. Hutchins -- The United States should use all means to defeat Hitler / Stanley High -- The United States should not risk war to defeat Hitler / Norman Thomas -- A cross-channel invasion of Western Europe is necessary / George C. Marshall and Henry L. Stimson -- A cross-channel invasion of Western Europe would be a mistake / Charles Sweeny -- Germany should not be partitioned and punished after the war / The State Department Interdivisional Country Committee on Germany -- Germany should be partitioned and punished after the war / Henry Morgenthau Jr. -- The United States should not assent to Soviet territorial demands / U.S. Department of State -- The United States should assent to Soviet territorial demands / John Hickerson -- Use of the atomic bomb was not justified / Christian Century -- Use of the atomic bomb was justified / Henry L. Stimson -- Consumer goods rationing is necessary for the war effort / Leon Henderson -- Government policies on rationing are harming the war effort / Consumers' Research Bulletin -- Mandatory national service legislation should be passed / Warren H. Atherton -- Mandatory national service legislation should not be passed / Chamber of Commerce of the United States -- Women should be recruited for the armed forces / Edith N. Rogers -- Women should not be recruited for the armed forces / Clare Hoffman -- Women are not contributing their share to the war effort / Patricia Davidson Guinan -- Government and industry are underutilizing women / Minnie L. Maffett -- African Americans should support the American war effort / J. Saunders Redding -- Black support for the war is impeded by America's racism / Roi Ottley -- Japanese Americans constitute a dangerous security threat / Earl Warren -- U.S. security policy toward Japanese Americans was justified / Eugene V. Rostow -- World War II was a time of noteworthy American achievement / William L. O'Neill -- World War II had many negative aspects for America / Michael C.C. Adams.