I. Pacifism and Isolationism: 1920s-1930s

II. The Neutrality Debates, 1935-41: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Collective Security

The Nye Committee
America First
The World Court Controversy
The Ludlow Amendment
Neutrality Legislation
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (1940)

III. The End of Neutrality: Taking a Nation into War

Spanish Civil War; fascism; Francisco Franco; Spanish Loyalists; Abraham Lincoln Brigade; Benito Mussolini; Adolph Hitler; Charles Lindbergh; World Court; Ludlow Amendment; Neutrality Acts (1935-19373); "cash and carry"; Munich Agreement (1938); "isolationism"; Sen. Gerald Nye (R-N.D.); Nye Committee; Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1937, and 1939; Quarantine Speech (1937); Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT); "cash-and-carry"; Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (1940); America First Committee (1940); "A day that will live in infamy"; Office of War Information [OWI] (includes Bureau of Motion Pictures); Army Morale Branch; Frank Capra; "Why We Fight" series; Office of Facts and Figures; Norman Corwin's America at War series; WWII radio dramas: An American in Britain, Cavalcade of America, Chaplain Jim, The Free Company, Lux Radio Theatre, New World A 'Comin, An Open Letter on Racism, Passport for Adam, This Is War, This Is Our Enemy, Uncle Sam.