Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Formative Influences -- 2. Robert La Follette and the Spanish-American War -- 3. Lessons Unlearned: La Follette and the Subjugation of the Philippines -- 4. American Foreign Policy: The View from the Campaign Trail and the State House -- 5. The Awakening of La Follette as a Critic of American Foreign Policy -- 6. The Wilson Era Begins -- 7. The Battle for Neutrality in World War I, to the War Loan of 1915 -- 8. The Battle for Neutrality in World War I, to 4 April 1917 -- 9. The Nation at War, 1917 -- 10. The Nation at War, 1918 -- 11. The Prospects for a Democratic Peace -- 12. Versailles: Peacemaking or War Making? -- 13. La Follette Discovers the Middle East -- 14. The Aftermath of Versailles -- 15. The 1920 Campaign and the Harding Administration, to the Washington Armament Conference -- 16. The Harding Administration and Oil -- 17. The Shock of the German Tragedy and the Revelations in Russia -- 18. The Return to the United States -- 19. The Final Challenge: Calvin Coolidge -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index.