Part one. The crooked road to war
December 1918: Apotheosis ; Background: how it happened
Neutrality the Wilson way ; Background: coming of age
Quickly to the brink ; Background: the tortoise and the hare
Many sacred principles ; Background: mystery voyage
Marked cards and a stacked deck ; Background: choosing sides
"A dangerous thing;;to inflame a people" ; Background: the war of words
Onward Christian soldiers ; Background: troublemaker
Why ; Background: over there
Taking charge ; Background: going dry
"Skin-deep dollar patriotism" ; Background: destiny's child
Cracking down ; Background: three faces of labor
Welcome to France ; Background: Buffalo soldiers
"A moblike madness" ; Background: "disgusting creatures"
The law of selfishness ; Background: the war, too, changes
The last roll of the iron dice ; Background: the war of the air
Deadlocked no more ; Background: death from a new direction
The tide turns ; Background: eggs loaded with dynamite
An army at last ; Background: "a soldier's soldier"
Part three. Sowing dragons' teeth
The world the war made ; Background: lost?
Compromise or betrayal? ; Background: strange bedfellows
"Hell's dirtiest work" ; Background: the Palmer raids
Aftermath: "Now it's all over"
Appendix: Woodrow Wilson's Program for Peace.
Aftermath: "Now it is all over"
Appendix: Woodrow Wilson's Program for Peace.
