Differing historical voices on the role of the United States in world politics and its involvement in World War I and World War II.
General Note
Includes index and chronology.
Content Note
The United States should remain aloof from Europe / George Washington -- Washington's farewell address no longer applies to the United States / Richard Olney -- The United States should be neutral / Woodrow Wilson -- The United States should not be neutral / Charles W. Eliot -- The United States should not permit loans to any warring nations / William Jennings Bryan -- The United States should permit loans to the Allies / William Gibbs McAdoo -- The United States should enter World War I / Woodrow Wilson -- The United States should not enter World War I / George W. Norris -- The United States should join the League of Nations / James D. Phelan -- The United States should not join the League of Nations / Lawrence Sherman -- Congress should legislate a mandatory arms embargo against all belligerents / Bennett Clark -- Congress should not legislate a mandatory arms embargo against all belligerents / Cordell Hull -- A war referendum should be added to the Constitution / Louis Ludlow -- A war referendum should not be added to the Constitution / Millard Tydings -- The quarantine of aggressor nations will prevent greater wars / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The quarantine of aggressor nations will not prevent greater wars / The New Republic -- The United States must reject its isolationist past / Henry Stimson -- The United States must not reject its isolationist past / William R. Castle -- The arms embargo should be repealed / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The arms embargo should not be repealed / William E. Borah -- The United States should extend lend-lease aid to Great Britain / Cordell Hull -- The United States should not extend lend-lease aid to Great Britain / James F. O'Connor -- The United States cannot prevent a German victory / Charles A. Lindbergh -- The United States should try to prevent a German victory / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The United States should help create a new global organization / Wendell L. Willkie -- The United States should not help create a new global organization / William P. Elmer -- The United States should join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Dean G. Acheson -- The United States should not join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Robert A. Taft -- Franklin D. Roosevelt instigated U.S. involvement in World War II / Charles Callan Tansill -- Franklin D. Roosevelt resisted U.S. involvement in World War II / Robert A. Divine.