Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-503) and index.
Formative Influences -- Robert La Follette and the Spanish-American War -- Lessons Unlearned: La Follette and the Subjugation of the Philippines -- American Foreign Policy: The View from the Campaign Trail and the State House -- The Awakening of La Follette as a Critic of American Foreign Policy -- The Wilson Era Begins -- The Battle for Neutrality in World War I, to the War Loan of 1915 -- The Battle for Neutrality in World War I, to 4 April 1917 -- The Nation at War, 1917 -- The Nation at War, 1918 -- The Prospects for a Democratic Peace -- Versailles: Peacemaking or War Making? -- La Follette Discovers the Middle East -- The Aftermath of Versailles -- The 1920 Campaign and the Harding Administration, to the Washington Armament Conference -- The Harding Administration and Oil -- The Shock of the German Tragedy and the Revelations in Russia -- The Return to the United States -- The Final Challenge: Calvin Coolidge