Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: The Beardian Interpretation of American History 1
6. 1. Discovering the Economic Taproot of Imperialism 7
7. 2. Two Contrasting Progressive Views of the Great War 27
8. 3. Becoming a Revisionist 49
9. 4. Washington and Wall Street Working Together for War 73
10. 5. Isolationism versus Internationalism 96
11. 6. A Wartime Trilogy 118
12. 7. Waging War for the Four Freedoms 142
13. 8. Beard Finds an Ally in Herbert Hoover 165
14. 9. Attacking “the Saint” 185
15. 10. Defending Beard after the Fall 210
16. 11. Beard’s Philosophy of History and American Imperialism 234
17. Conclusion: The Sad Historian of the Pensive Plain 257
18. Notes 269
19. Index 307