The new edition of this popular and widely-used American history textbook has been thoroughly updated to include a wealth of new scholarship on American diplomacy in the decade leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.* Features new material on the Washington Conference of 1921-22, early American diplomacy in the Manchurian crisis, the Panay incident, Russia's invasion of Finland, the destroyer-bases deal, and much more* Pays particular attention to Roosevelt's policies towards Jewish refugees, the battle between domestic groups like the America First Committee and Fight for Freedom, and the Welles mission of 1940* Includes concise biographical sketches of major world leaders, including Hoover, FDR, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo* Outlines and examines the debates of historians over the wisdom of U.S. policies

Preface ix1 In Search of Peace 1The Roots of Anti?]Interventionism 4The Disillusionment of the 1920s 7A Rising Peace Sentiment 132 Manchuria 19The Rise of Imperial Japan 21Japan Attacks Manchuria 34The Failure of American Protest 483 The Dilemmas of Neutrality 58Early New Deal Diplomacy 60The Nye Committee 73The Spanish Civil War 82Japan's "China Incident" 90The Panay Sinking 974 Toward War in Europe 105Prelude to the European War 106Germany Conquers Western Europe 118The Destroyer?]Bases Deal 128The Nature of the Axis Threat 137From H.R. 1776 to the Newfoundland Conference 140The Undeclared Naval War 1545 Toward War in the Pacific 163America Debates Japan's Advances 164FDR's Freezing Orders 178Faltering Diplomacy 187Pacific Diplomacy Evaluated 2036 Day of Infamy 209Pearl Harbor Attacked 211The Revisionist Case Evaluated 220Germany Declares War on the United States 231Bibliographical Essay 234Author Index 261Subject Index 267Maps: Manchuria, 1932 20Europe, 1939 110-111Western Pacific, 1941 168-169